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100 1 _aHewitt, Catherine,
245 1 0 _aArt is a tyrant :
_bthe unconventional life of Rosa Bonheur /
_cCatherine Hewitt.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bIcon Books Ltd,
_c2020.
264 4 _c©2020
300 _axi, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some colour) ;
_c24 cm
336 _astill image
_bsti
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336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIn 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
600 1 0 _aBonheur, Rosa,
_d1822-1899.
650 0 _aGay artists
_zFrance
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPainters
_zFrance
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWomen artists
_zFrance
_vBiography.
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