The small dishes are put in the big ones at the Château de By, in Thomery (Seine-et-Marne), on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau.
On this Wednesday, March 16, the owner, Katherine Brault, savors the culmination of years of effort.
Those leading to the recognition of Rosa Bonheur, painter and sculptor born exactly two centuries ago and to whom the estate belonged.
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“Since the 1950s, we had forgotten her, this artist specializing in the representation of animals. When I acquired her property five years ago, I myself didn't know much about her. I have since learned that in the 19th century she had been a star, the most famous and best-selling painter of her time, both in France and in England and the United States. His monumental painting,
Horse Market
, is on permanent display at the Met, in New York, and his
Nivernais Plowing
is likewise at the Musée d'Orsay.
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