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- Published: March 16, 2022 14:20
New Delhi: On Wednesday, search engine giant Google celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of French painter Rosa Bonheur, one of the most prominent female artists during the 19th century.
Google Doodle paid homepage to the legendary animalier and sculptor, whose artwork and successful career inspired a future generation of women in the arts, with a beautiful graphic.
The special animated graphic features a figurine of Rosa Bonheur painting a flock of sheep on canvas.
Who was Rosa Bonheur?
The Art: paintings and sculptures like “The Horse Fair” ?️
The Artist: Rosa Bonheur ??
The Legacy: inspired a whole new generation of women artists ??????
Here’s a #GoogleDoodle celebrating Rosa on her 200th birthday: https://t.co/YpIScUElNU. pic.twitter.com/Yr40k4BR5T
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) March 16, 2022
Rosa Bonheur was born on March 16, 1822, in Bordeaux city of France. Her father, himself a landscape painter, aided her primary education.
Although Bonheur’s longing for education and a career in art was rather extraordinary for women of her time. She spent years of careful study and closely following the development of artistic traditions before the sketches were immortalized on canvas.
Bonheur’s reputation as an animal painter and sculptor grew in the 1840s. Many of her works were exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1841 to 1853.
Significant Artworks and Awards
In 1853, Bonheur gained international fame with his painting “The Horse Fair”, which depicted a horse market held in Paris. As his best-known portrait, this painting is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
To honor this famous painting, the French Empress Eugenie awarded the Legion of Honour, one of the country’s most prestigious awards, to Bonheur in 1865.