Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur
The French painter Rosa Bonheur, who lived between 1822 and 1899, is still widely admired for her depictions of animals and rural scenes, accuracy and artistic skills. Bonheur's belief in gender equality, her dressing in men's clothing, and her cigar smoking habits established her as a pioneer of early feminists.
Bonheur was educated by his father, Raymond Bonheur, who was an art teacher and follower of social theorist Henri de Saint-Simon. In 1836, she met Nathalie Micas, with whom she became lifelong friends. As a teenager, realizing his talent for drawing live animals, he refused to become a tailor and began studying animal movements and forms on farms, animal shelters and markets, horse fairs and slaughterhouses.
Along with her work in the studio, Bonheur's sketch trips to public places, which were largely men's domains, prompted her to avoid traditional women's attire and dress in men's clothing. She continued to wear masculine clothing for the rest of her life, but she began to be ridiculed and despised for her outfit.
Bonheur has also made a series of sketching trips to regions such as the Auvergne and the Pyrenees, as well as to London, Birmingham and Scotland. Regularly from 1841 to 1855, Salon won an exemption from jury confirmation in 1853. His work quickly gained popularity in the United States and England. Considered by many to be his masterpiece, The Horse Fair (1853) was purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt for a record sum in 1887 and became one of his most widely reproduced works.
Since Bonheur's works were selling at such a good price, he was able to buy a chateau estate in By, near Fontainebleau, in 1860. She became the first female artist to be awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1865, and in the 1870s she began studying lions to learn about the characteristics of their movements, even raising several lions on her property to aid her observations.
Rosa Bonheur's Style
In addition to animals, Bonheur was also intrigued by the myths of the American West. Buffalo Bill met an American bison hunter whose real name was William Frederick Cody and painted him on horseback, in 1889 he met the American artist Anna Klumpke, and eventually Klumpke went to France to paint a portrait of Bonheur. These two artists remained together at the chateau in By until Bonheur's death.
The unconventional lifestyle Bonheur always took out his canvas and easel, especially towards the end of his career, and this act influenced the next radical turn in art history and the Impressionism movement.
Rosa Bonheur Famous Paintings Works
Bonheur, who died at the age of 77, went back; Farming in Nivernais (1849), Horse Fair (1855), Spanish Mules Crossing the Pyrenees (1857), Sheep by the Sea (1865), Weaning of Calves (1879), Lion at Home (1881), Portrait of Colonel William Frederick Cody ( 1889), Lord of the Pack (1868), The Hunt for the Flag (1887), and many more.
Rosa Bonheur Paintings, Oil Paint Reproduction, Canvas Prints, Drawing Paper, High Resolution Image Sales
Rosa Bonheur‘s works are drawn by master painters as oil painting reproductions. We also sell canvas prints, art drawing paper prints, and high resolution image (picture). Canvas is printed on high quality linen using original interior paints; prints have vibrantly colored and realistic. Optionally, oil paint brush effects are made on canvas sales. Drawing paper prints is done on 250 grams thick paint paper. Our art experts perform quality control for artistic aesthetics before products are shipped to the customer.
