Palette c. 1850s
rosabonheur
minneapolisinstituteofart
painting, oil-paint
painting
oil-paint
landscape
oil painting
france
academic-art
realism
"Palette" is an oil on wood painting by the renowned French artist Rosa Bonheur, created in the 1850s. This small-scale work showcases Bonheur's talent for capturing the beauty of nature. The painting depicts a woodland scene, featuring a deer in the foreground, with a group of sheep in the background. This unique and intriguing artwork, currently located at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, provides a glimpse into the artistic process of one of the most prominent animal painters of the 19th century.
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The French painter Rosa Bonheur specialized in pictures of animals, which were celebrated for their vivacity and realism. She achieved international fame and became the first woman admitted to the French Legion of Honor in 1865. She was also openly gay, making her path to success in a male-dominated profession that much more groundbreaking. This was reportedly her personal painting palette for decades. When she completed a celebrated picture in 1855, her godson asked if he could have it. She quickly painted a deer in the forest on the palette's surface for him.
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