Google celebrates 200th birth anniversary of french artist Rosa Bonheur with doodle. Bonheur’s reputation grew as an animal painter and sculptor into the 1840s, with many of her works exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1841 to 1853.
Google doodle honours french painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur on her 200th birth anniversary. Her successful career inspired a future generation of women in the arts.
In the doodle, Rosa Bonheur is making a painting of sheeps by sitting under a tree.
Rosa Bonheur was born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, France. Her early artistic education was facilitated by her father who was a minor landscape painter. “Although her aspirations for a career in the arts were unconventional for women of the time, Bonheur closely followed the development of artistic traditions through years of careful study and preparing sketches before immortalizing them on canvas,” Google wrote.
Bonheur’s reputation grew as an animal painter and sculptor into the 1840s, with many of her works exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1841 to 1853.
“Scholars believe an 1849 exhibition of “Plowing in Nivernais,” a government commission that is now housed in France’s Musée Nationale du Château de Fontainebleau, established her as a professional artist,” Google wrote.
In 1853, Bonheur garnered International acclaim with her painting “The Horse Fair” which depicted the horse market held in Paris. As her most well-known work, this painting remains on exhibit in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
To honor this celebrated painting, French Empress Eugenie awarded Bonheur the Legion of Honor – one of the nation’s most prestigious awards, in 1865.
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