Rosa Bonheur: The Artists (Auto)biography

Hailed as one of the foremost painters of the nineteenth century, Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) lived to see her name become a household word. In a century that did its best to keep women "in their place," she earned her own money, managed her own property, wore trousers, hunted, smoked, and lived in retreat with women companions in a château near Fontainebleau.

Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)biography brings this extraordinary woman to life, blending Bonheur's first-person account with the mem...