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Historical Artist - Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899)
Rosa Bonheur trained under her father, Raymond and showed initial talent. In 1841, she first
exhibited at the Salon at the young age of nineteen. After her show, The Horse Fair, which
traveled in Britain and the United States, she gained recognition for her work and her feminist
views. Bonheur became the first female member of the Legion of honor in 1865. Bonheur is widely
considered to have been the most famous woman painter of the nineteenth century. She died at the
age of 77. Many of her paintings, which had not been shown publicly, were sold at auction in
Paris in 1900.
Contemporary French Artists
Art Galleries in France
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