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Rosa bonheur Plowing in the Nivernais;the dressing of the vines oil painting on canvas
Plowing in the Nivernais;the dressing of the vines
Painting ID::  11052
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Rosa bonheur Plowing in the Nivernais;the dressing of the vines oil painting on canvas



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  Rosa bonheur
  1822-1899 Realism,French,French painter and sculptor. She received her training from her father, Raymond Bonheur (d 1849), an artist and ardent Saint-Simonian who encouraged her artistic career and independence. Precocious and talented, she began making copies in the Louvre at the age of 14 and first exhibited at the Salon in 1841. Her sympathetic portrayal of animals was influenced by prevailing trends in natural history (e.g. Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) and her deep affinity for animals, especially horses. Bonheur's art, as part of the Realist current that emerged in the 1840s, was grounded in direct observation of nature and meticulous draughtsmanship. She kept a small menagerie, frequented slaughterhouses and dissected animals to gain anatomical knowledge. Although painting was her primary medium, she also sculpted, or modelled, studies of animals, several of which were exhibited at the Salons, including a bronze Study for a Bull and Sheep .
  Plowing in the Nivernais;the dressing of the vines
  1849(Salon of 1849) 4' 4 3/4'' x 8' 6 1/4''(134 x 260cm) RF 64

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