Hewitt, Catherine, <br/><br/>
Art is a tyrant :  the unconventional life of Rosa Bonheur / 
Catherine Hewitt. 
 - xi, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some colour) ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> In 19th-century France, Rose Bonheur was utterly unique. An artist whose unparalleled animal portraits and scenes of rural life brought her international success and critical acclaim, here was a woman who shunned feminine pursuits, who brazenly wore trousers, whose most intimate relationships were with other women, and whose home constituted a menagerie where visitors might find anything from lions to polar bears. Made Chevalier, then Officer de la Légion d'Honneur for the arts - France's highest order of civilian merit - Rosa's reputation seemed assured. But her happiness in later years was interrupted by tragedy before her artistic legacy gradually faded. Biographer Catherine Hewitt examines anew the life and career of a true one-off 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1785786210 9781785786211 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019467984 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB9J5997  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019634870  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gay artists--France--Biography.<br/>Painters--France--Biography.<br/>Women artists--France--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ND553 .B6  / H49 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>759.4