Rosa Bonheur
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Rosa Bonheur was a French painter, sculptor and animalier. Her paintings include Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Salon of 1849, and now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and The Horse
Bonheur, c. 1895–99
The Horse Fair (1852–55; Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Ploughing in the Nivernais, Musée d'Orsay
Edouard Louis Dubufe, Portrait of Rosa Bonheur 1857. Symbolic of her work as an Animalière, the bull was painted by Bonheur herself.
Animalier
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An animalier is an artist, mainly from the 19th century, who specializes in, or is known for, skill in the realistic portrayal of animals. "Animal painter" is the more general term for earlier artists
Rosa Bonheur
…Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French painter, sculptor and animalier. Her paintings include Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Salon of 1849, and now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and The Horse Fair (in…
A lion killing a boar by Frans Snyders
Eagle by Henri Alfred Jacquemart on the Paris Garnier Opera
A bronze sculpture of a partridge with gilt patination by Jules Moigniez, c. 1880