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Bonheur, Rosa
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1822-1899
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Marie-Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur was a French artist known for her paintings of animals and her realist style. Born to a family of artists, Rosa's mother was a pianist and her father was landscape painter Oscar-Raymond Bonheur. Three of Rosa's siblings would also go on to become artists. At the age of 12 Rosa began her training as an artist under the tutelage of father, after a series of failed attempts at school and a seamstress apprentice. She was commissioned by the French government in 1849 and this lead to her first successful work. She continued to paint primarily animals in landscapes and exhibited at places including the Chicago Worl's Fair of 1893. Queen Victoria highly admired her work and she was very popular in England. Rosa spent the majority of her life living in her home Chateau de By where she was able to keep animals. Rosa died in 1899 and is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery with her long term partner Nathalie Micas.
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Jan 2019. JB