# Rosa Bonheur

French, 1822–1899; born in Bordeaux; died in Thomery

Bonheur trained with her father, the painter Raymond Bonheur, and studied animals closely in fields, markets and slaughterhouses, obtaining police permission to wear trousers for the purpose. The Horse Fair, shown at the Salon of 1853, brought her international fame, and she became the most celebrated woman artist of her day and the first to receive the Legion of Honour for her art. She lived and worked for decades at By, near Fontainebleau, in the commune of Thomery.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Study for The Horse Fair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-the-horse-fair-aic-93781), Rosa Bonheur, c. 1850. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Horse Fair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-horse-fair-met-435702), Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Call of the Stag](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-call-of-the-stag-aic-257852), Rosa Bonheur, 1890s. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.