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Rosa Bonheur
1822–1899
(b Bordeaux, 16 Mar. 1822; d Thomery, nr. Fontainebleau, 25 May 1899). French animal painter. She was trained by her father, Raymond Bonheur (1796–1849), and was precociously gifted, first exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1841, when she was 19.
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)