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Rosa Bonheur

Marie-Rosalie Bonheur
1822–1899 · French · Realism
Animalier
Rosa Bonheur

The most famous woman painter of the 1800s, who got police permission to wear trousers so she could sketch in horse markets and slaughterhouses. She studied her animals like an anatomist and painted them with a muscle and snort no one else could match.

Featured works
The Horse Fair
The Horse Fair
1855
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