Who was Rosa Bonheur? Google Doodle celebrates her 200th birth anniversary

The French artist was primarily a painter of animals, with some of his famous works being ‘The Horse Fair’ and ‘Plowing in the Nivernis’. She was one of the most famous female painters of the nineteenth century.

He died in 1899 at the age of 77 in Thomérie, France.

Rosa Bonheur Google Doodle

Google featured an artistic doodle showing a French painter dressed in a blue shirt sitting under a tree overlooking a patch of green with a flock of sheep. The artist holds a sketchpad and is seen sketching animals.

The Google Doodle matches his style of painting perfectly.

Art: Paintings and sculptures such as “The Horse Fair” ️

Artist: Rosa Bonheur

Virasat: Inspired a whole new generation of female artists

here is one #Google Doodle Celebrating Rosa on her 200th birthday: https://t.co/YpIScUElNU, pic.twitter.com/Yr40k4BR5T

— Google India (@GoogleIndia)
16 March 2022

Who was Rosa Bonheur?

• Rosa Bonheur’s artistic instincts flowed from her father, who was a modest landscape painter.
• Rosa Bonheur inspired a whole new generation of female artists with her art. She mostly painted animals, drawing sketches before immortalizing them on canvas.
• He made a name for himself in the 1840s as an animal painter and sculptor with a realistic style.
• His artworks were exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon between 1841 and 1853.

Rosa Bonheur painting

1849 exhibition of his work ‘Plowing in Nivernais’ established him as a professional artist. It is now displayed in the National Museum of the Fontainebleau Palace in France.

his most famous painting was ‘Horse Fair’, Which got international recognition in 1853. It is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

He was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French Empress Eugenie in 1865. This award is one of the most prestigious awards in the country.

The following is a list of Rosa Bonheur’s paintings:

Walking Bull-1846

Plowing in Nivernais – 1849

going to market-1851

Hemaking in Auvergne – 1854

Horse Fair – 1855

A Limere Briquette Hound – 1856

Highland Raid – 1860

Weaning of calves – 1879

Legend of the Wolves – 1899

Ewe, or a grazing sheep-1899

Pyrenees

Lioness

Colonel William F. kodi

relay hunting

a wagon and a team of horses

Wounded Eagle

Barbaro after the Hunt

a sheep at rest

gathering for hunting

sheep in a landscape

lion at home

the stag

Pyrenees shepherd

Study for Horse Fair

plowing scene

afternoon break

Cattle resting on a hill in the Alpso