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^ Read # Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)biography by Anna Klumpke ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)biography To the horror and bewilderment of many, she earned her own money, managed her own property, wore trousers, hunted, smoked, and lived in retreat with female companions in a little chateau near Fountainebleau named The Domain of Perfect Affection.Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)Biography brings this extraordinary woman to life in a unique blend of biography and autobiography. Bonheur's account of her own life story, set nicely within Klumpke's narrative, sheds light on such topics as gende
| Title | : | Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472088424 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
"Loved this!" according to Ginger Haycox. I'm sure other book reviewers or critics would work at judging this book on the common merits most books arebut I loved the intimacy of this book. It wasn't written by a "writer", a 'person writing a book'. It was written on a much more personal level and it discusses the challenges of not just the ordinary woman of that era but the self sufficient, independent woman who also happens to be a cross dresser and lesbian. A challenge that even today meets with ignorance and prejudice.I really liked the detail of thi. "A very interesting read." according to Mark A. Kirkham. I've read this book a number of times using the one at our public library. It is no longer available so I bought this book for my personal library. As a volunteer I lead tours at a local art museum and since Rosa Bonheur's lifestyle in the 19th century would have been what we today consider that of a lesbian I occasionally reread it before leading a group which I know will include lesbians. Our local art museum has both a Bonheur oil painting and a bronze sculpture as well which I incorporate into the tour. In m. A Delightful Read! I really enjoyed the format of this book, it's quite conversational, often like an interview. It truly is an insider's viewpoint. I highly recommend this one.
What Klumpke's biography does, however, is "reveal in a sympathetic light the ways that women could and did love, live, work, and thrive among themselves in chosen retreat from a patriarchal century." Photos. Drawing on her own meticulous journal entries as well as Bonheur's letters, sketches and diaries, Klumpke traces Bonheur's trailblazing life and recounts how she met Bonheur, fell in love and became her official portraitist, companion and sole heir. From Publishers Weekly A cigar-smoking, cross-dressing eccentric a la George Sand, Bonheur (1822-1899) was once one of the 19th century's most popular artists and the first woman to be awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. However, those expecting "a bold story of lesbian love" as the introduction suggests will be disappointed. The book gets bogged down in mundane details, and art historians who want critical context are best advised to turn to Dore As
To the horror and bewilderment of many, she earned her own money, managed her own property, wore trousers, hunted, smoked, and lived in retreat with female companions in a little chateau near Fountainebleau named The Domain of Perfect Affection.Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)Biography brings this extraordinary woman to life in a unique blend of biography and autobiography. Bonheur's account of her own life story, set nicely within Klumpke's narrative, sheds light on such topics as gender formation, institutional changes in the art world, governmental intervention in the arts, the social and legal regulation of dress codes, and the perceived transgressive nature of female
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