Juliette Bonheur Explained

Juliette Bonheur
Birth Date: 1830
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Field:Painting
Spouse:Hippolyte Peyrol
Father:Oscar-Raymond Bonheur

Juliette Peyrol Bonheur (1830 - 1891) was a French painter. She was known for her animal paintings. She is the sister of Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899), Auguste Bonheur (1824 - 1884), and Isidore Bonheur (1827 - 1901).[1]

Biography

Peyrol Bonheur was born in Paris in 1830.[2] She was trained in painting by her father as was her elder sister Rosa.[3] Her mother was Sophie Bonheur (née Marquis), a piano teacher; she died when Peyrol Bonheur was a baby. Her father was Oscar-Raymond Bonheur, a landscape and portrait painter who encouraged his daughter's artistic talents.[4]

She was married to Hippolyte Peyrol who owned a bronze foundry.[5]

She exhibited her paintings at the Salon (Paris) from 1852 until 1889.[6] She died in Paris in 1891.[2]

Peyrol Bonheur's work was exhibited at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Galton, Francis. Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences. Second edition. (London: MacMillan and Co, 1892), p. 247. Original 1869.
  2. Web site: Juliette Bonheur (1830-1891) . data.bnf.fr . 8 August 2018.
  3. Kuiper, Kathleen. "Rosa Bonheur", Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Bonheur, (Marie-)Rosa [Rosalie] ]. Heather McPherson . 2003 . . 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T009871 .
  5. Web site: Newberry . John S. . Juliette Peyrol Bonheur (1830 - 1891) . askART . 8 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Juliette Peyrol-Bonheur . Palais Dorotheum . 8 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 8 August 2018.