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Sketches of Cows
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| Artist / Maker | Rosa Bonheur |
|---|---|
| Date | n.d. |
| Culture / Origin | France |
| Medium | Graphite, heightened with white gouache, on pale green wove paper |
| Dimensions | 13.8 × 18.5 cm (5 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.) |
| Department | Prints and Drawings |
| Type | Drawing and Watercolor |
About the Artist
The eldest of four children, Rosa Bonheur received drawing lessons in the studio of her father, Raymond Bonheur (1796-1849). From early on she pre-ferred to draw animals and went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris to study and draw them. She first exhibited at the Salon of 1841. The family moved to the suburbs where Bonheur had an even more easy access to animals, and she visited slaughterhouses in order to study their anatomy. Her Salon submissions became increasingly… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0 / Public Domain.
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