Head of a Bull Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899). Head of a Bull, Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper, 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. ( x cm). Rosa Bonheur’s closely observed animal paintings made her one of the most commercially successful artists in mid-nineteenth-century France. Though not identified with a particular finished oil painting, this watercolor sketch of a bull is typical of the kind of preparatory studies she made directly from nature. Throughout her lifetime, Bonheur defied norms for women’s behavior. She wore masculine attire and lived with another woman, Nathalie
Head of a Bull Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899). Head of a Bull, Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper, 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. ( x cm). Rosa Bonheur’s closely observed animal paintings made her one of the most commercially successful artists in mid-nineteenth-century France. Though not identified with a particular finished oil painting, this watercolor sketch of a bull is typical of the kind of preparatory studies she made directly from nature. Throughout her lifetime, Bonheur defied norms for women’s behavior. She wore masculine attire and lived with another woman, Nathalie Micas, for forty years, writing, “Had I been a man I would have married I would have had a family, with my children as heirs, and nobody would have had any right to complain.” European Art
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