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In one dictionary of art, Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) is given only eight lines and dismissed as a "minor French animal painter." In another, she is lauded (along with Edwin Landseer) as "the most famousanimal painter of the 19th century." In this illustrated catalog for aFrench and American traveling show of 58 paintings, prints, drawings andsculpture by or about Bonheur (who dared to wear trousers and smokecigarettes in public), she is described as someone who today would be alesbian, a self-publicist (like her friend Buffalo Bill), and a defender ofanimal rights. She was also the most gifted member of an amazing family ofartists, led by her father, the painter Raymond Bonheur, who (like CharlesWillson Peale) set up an artistic workshop in which four of his children(Rosa, Auguste, Isidore, and Juliette) were trained in the manner ofRenaissance artists. But all that is long forgotten, and if anyone todayhas heard of Rosa Bonheur, it is inevitably because of her finest and mostfamous painting, The Horse Fair (1853). Purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt,it was brought to the U.S. (where her artistic abilities and personality"meshed with American interest in innovation and bravura") andnow hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Review from Ballast QuarterlyReview, Vol 14 No 1, Autumn 1998) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Child Life, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 750 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rosa Bonheur.(Brief Article)
Author: Dorothy Evelyn Bridge
Publication: Child Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: 80Issue: 6Page: 26

Article Type: Brief Article

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THIS 34 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great: Famous Women, by Elbert Hubbard. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766104044. ... Read more

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Text block pristine - Text in German. 409 pages; 65 illustrations. ... Read more