WHO WAS ROSA BONHEUR? GOOGLE DOODLE CELEBRATES HER 200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • On March 16, 2022, Google Doodle commemorated the 200th birthday of French painter Rosa Bonheur
  • Rosa Bonheur’s most well-known picture was ‘The Horse Fair,’
  • She was one of the most well-known female artists of the 1800s

Rosa Bonheur’s most well-known picture was ‘The Horse Fair,’ which garnered her international recognition in 1853. It is on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rosa Bonheur Google Doodle:

On March 16, 2022, Google Doodle commemorated the 200th birthday of French painter Rosa Bonheur. Rosa Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, France, on March 16, 1822.
The French artist specialized in animal paintings, with works such as ‘The Horse Fair’ and ‘Ploughing in the Nivernais’ among her most well-known. She was one of the most well-known female artists of the 1800s. In 1899, she died in Thomery, France, at the age of 77 years.

Google Doodle for Rosa Bonheur

The French painter, clad in a blue shirt, sat under a tree overlooking an area of green with a flock of sheep in an artsy Google Doodle. The artist is sketching the animals with a sketchpad in her hand.
  • The Google Doodle is a fantastic match for her artistic style.
  • Paintings and sculptures such as “The Horse Fair” are examples of the art.
  • Rosa Bonheur is the artist.
  • The Legacy: She influenced a new generation of female artists.

Who was Rosa Bonheur?

Rosa Bonheur inherited her creative abilities from her father, a minor landscape painter. Rosa Bonheur’s art influenced a new generation of female artists. She primarily painted animals, sketching them out beforehand before painting them on canvas. In the 1840s, she built a name for herself as a realist animal painter and sculptor. Between 1841 and 1853, her works were displayed at the famed Paris Salon.

Paintings by Rosa Bonheur

Her picture, ‘Plowing in Nivernais,’ was exhibited in 1849, establishing her as a professional artist. It is now on display in France’s National Museum of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
‘The Horse Fair,’ her most well-known painting, won her international acclaim in 1853. It is on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1865, French Empress Eugénie bestowed the Legion of Honor upon her. The prize is one of the most coveted in the country.

Following is the List of Rosa Bonheur’s paintings:

  1. Walking Bull-1846
  2. Ploughing in the Nivernais- 1849
  3. Going to Market-1851
  4. Haymaking in the Auvergne-1854
  5. The Horse Fair- 1855
  6. A Limier Briquet Hound- 1856
  7. Highland Raid- 1860
  8. Weaning the Calves- 1879
  9. The Legend of the Wolves- 1899
  10. Ewe, or A Grazing Sheep-1899
  11. The Pyrenees
  12. Lioness
  13. Col. William F. Cody
  14. Relay Hunting
  15. A Waggon and a Team of Horses
  16. The Wounded Eagle
  17. Barbaro after the Hunt
  18. A Sheep at Rest
  19. Gathering for the Hunt
  20. Sheep in a Landscape
  21. The Lion at Home
  22. The Stag
  23. Shepherd of the Pyrenees
  24. Study for The Horse Fair
  25. Ploughing Scene
  26. Noon Day Rest
  27. Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

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Dr. Kirti Sisodhia

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