Admitted to the Legion of Honour in 1865, when she was 71 she became the first woman artist to be promoted to Officer, in recognition of her achievements.
Bonheur
After studying the anatomy of animals, she was successful at the Salon, and met Queen Victoria. One of the most famous women artists of the 19th century.
Among the 2022 anniversaries are the 500th of the death of Piero di Cosimo, the centenary of the death of Léon Bonnat who taught Sargent and Munch, and the birth of animal painter Rosa Bonheur.
From the city, through rolling fields and small villages, climbing gradually along valleys to reach rugged mountain passes.
From being staffage in landscapes, shepherds and their flocks became motifs in their own right, with the social realist of Millet, even Henri Regnault.
Visits to Scotland became popular among artists in the nineteenth century. Here are wonderful paintings by AW Hunt, Gustave Doré, Rosa Bonheur, Hans Gude, and others.
From Richard Parkes Bonington, through AW Hunt, John Brett, Edward Poynter, Delacroix, Rosa Bonheur, Daumier, Gustave Moreau, and Winslow Homer.
A precocious painter who became more famous in Britain than in her native France, she liked painting powerful animals like oxen and lions.
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