Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur
Photograph of Rosa Bonheur by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, c. 1863
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a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also made sculpture in a realist style.
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Born
Marie-Rosalie Bonheur 16 March 1822 Bordeaux, France
Died
25 May 1899 (aged 77) Thomery, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Painting, sculpture
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Movement
Realism
Notable work
Ploughing in the Nivernais, The Horse Fair