100 Great Artists

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ROSA BONHEUR

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&bibitJ ugularly

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A'::ard<d Jim Gold

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and InKY"

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in Eng/lmd

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Fontalruhkau

Ploug hing in Ni,'em~is (/84S)

0", "&nhrorl '""" "Mffaud ""imingy. /, it /m"J on Bonb",,-', "','"

mulj", and alI" imp;".lI by Po"N", il ",~""m!b .. mtury l)rltch i11li1l1aJ

paint'" Tb, nobility a/lb." bUK' labouring ani1l1ah "PP<= to _paD" lb,

1fta;"nuJf(Jftb. 111m drn:;"g tlmn

T

he eldest of IiJur child"'n - all "f th,,"

ani,u _ RoSOl fi<,nheur <k:cid"d early'"

'1',,,iali,,, in I .. in,ing and sculpting

animals. lie, Iit'her encourJ.g("(1 her h).. alkJwing

~ sh,,,p '" be kel" On ,he b:. k:ony of their sixth·

nom I'.ris apatbllen,.

llonbeur's unc"m.:ntion.lity w"ls' ke}TlO'e

'" h ..... He: 4e wore cr<1'I",d h.i" , mok,,1 in

public and, whm "i,iting ,hughterhou<t:s a .. 1

m"LetS to study .nim.1 an.tomy, C3,ried

au,hori""i"" by the Paris Pn::h::<ttJre '0 wu, a

m.n's 'n" ....... s ~nd ""'Jeli: in pulllic. The SOIme

outfi, worn to ,be thC3tre dn::w loud """l~.ints

fmm a m.n in the next IlOx, until he was ,okl

,ha' 4e .. "'s the Etm()us a'bSL

llonheur "Jmmunica,ed • di"'ctne« .nd

hone"y with h ...... nimal subjects. so

,di-eshing~' fret: fnJlll 'he social "Jmcntions

,ha, ,he h.d to ""'tend with herself as ,hey

were. Iler worl .. "'s .echin",d h).' 'he S.lons

.nd she m.de • good li"ing f,om it, while

st,,,ring de1r of the "'ml~1:X sm,imen,.li,}, of

,be age.

' Ihen:: ,,",S no n'''m~'' smtimen,ality., her

ch.""u when:: >he housed. men.gerie ,h.,

included. p,i, of lion<, • >tag, C3ttle, num.:mus

<~,gs and. P'rtlJL ' Ihe ch.,c:tu .. -as al,o hon'" '"

a fn::e 1rt .chml: 1I000h...." .. as. 'yml"theti;

,cacbcr, just as her f.ther h.d been. She .. "'s

well·1mown~" he, gencr",i,y ",,,",,d. ani,1S in

<lifficuhya .. IIi>, m.king p,mision ~"<"I'el)'one

who w<l<k,,1 f,,< he,.