Episode 290: Rosa Bonheur

by Anna Klumpke, Rosa circa 1898, age 76 (That look on her face! Excellent.)

Rosa Bonheur was a wild, animal‑obsessed kid who drew before she could read, and knew she was meant for the world of art from an extremely young age.

She didn’t set out to shock anyone; she simply refused to be anything but herself, and the world eventually had to adjust to her as she climbed to the highest of fame as a painter in the 1800s.

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