Beautiful horse painting by French painter Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899). At the time that Bonheur became an artist, women generally were only reluctantly given opportunities for education as artists. She represented a “New Woman” of the 19th century, with liberal sexual ideas and by becoming a successful artist, showed what she “could do in the matter of energy, continuity of purpose, methodical and intelligent labor, and, in a word, in that indispensable quality, inspiration, which gives an impetus to art.” It’s hung at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Thanks to Linda Fillhardt for finding this)
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