, 1859-09-14
A Morning With xosn Bouhcur.

Ey birth nosa Bonhcur belongs to France
by the rights Of -cnIous. TO tue world.
She is the most distinguished female painter
living or dead No other has won 80 wide .
and Grn basis. Wherever art is known aid
talked OF, Rosa DonIleur is known and talked Of.
In France. England, America, Germany and tho
smaller kiugdouss Of Europe, the name Of Rosa
Bonheur is household word.
1t 1c o'clock on the 1!tb Of March, VIC were
ret down at No. - hue d'Ass1s, aud passed
through gate aud down TO the further end oI
gurden. where &c entered the vcstibule Of q
small cottage-hunse, tie present residence o'
Kosz Eonbeur. We sent up our card, and IN
few moments were seated ia her attii<r-a large
square, oaten furnished room on the eecond
<taQe-talking with the little painter witt, MS
much Familiarity rs if wc had known her all our
lifetime. 1n clear, rathcr thin v0ice, Rosa
ran OH about Art Aud art lie for half IN hour,
OILY leaving US room to slip in the points Of con-
veFsation e1gcwise.
"You hive accomplished nuch, madcmol~
selle," We sid, elapciag Ut iaF$c e, picture on
''s TT sue rspss M S.te bsea ssR ats'
student since was ten :cars old. hare cop
led no master. / hare studied nature, and tx
pressed to Tic best Of my abi1ty the ideas md
feelings with which she las inspired ME. Art
j. an ae=orbeat-a 1yrant- 1t dcmauds heart.
brain, soul, body, the en:ircness of its votary:
INNku1Hs, 1-48 WILL VIII lie HlEAtat lAeOfs hEN
art. II is my husband-my world-my life
dream--the uir breathe. j know nothing else
feel nothing clse~-shink nothing else. Ny
soul finds in it the most complete satisfaction"
on have not married ," We said.
Hare ! not said tbs. married Art? What
1T to bc a wlfc IN The common acccptation Of
that term. Men must ma.Ty women who hare
10 absorbent, no idol. But the subject is pain
ful; give NE some other Topic
You don't lore society" We said.
Yes, d." sue .enlicd, with an nlr Of i'm
patience; but select that which pleases NE
most. ! love tho society Of nature; tho COM
pany Of horses, bulls, cows, sheep, dogs-all
auinaals. | oflea hare large receptions where
they ure the only gucsta. also likr the society
Of books and the thoughts Of great minds.
l. like George Sand. She is great ge.
Mus. Tbs world bus wronsed heE--society out
ragged her. Go 10 see her. Iou will'!ike her.
in its ff1rolities: only seek to be known
through ,ny works. II The w-rld feel md uu.
6erstand them, Layc succeeded"
"Hare you siven the Women's Rights qucs-
ton any altenison:" VIC asked.
"Nomen's rights !-won,r1fs nonsense |" she
answered. "Wumen should seek 10 establish
their rights by goad md great works, and not
BY conventions Ii had got up convention
.Aareh. des Cdsrauz.' (The Horse 'rair,) for
which England would pay me forty thousand
francs, the decision would have been against
The. felt the power within me to plint. ! cu-
tivAscd it, aud hare produced works lint hare
won ihc favorable rer.dicts Of the great judges.
1bavc no patience with women who asE pts7nis-
sion TO fAia}-r'
At this moment is7o or three visitors entered,
and while Rosa was occupied with them, VIC
busted ourselves By making notes Of things in
tho aleti:r.
0n The wall to the LEFT Of the entrance was
hsad Of buck with long branching hnrns; ono
Of gost, another Of bull; IN imperfect ekel-
cton Of horse, and tue skins oC y4rioua ami.
mails ~ the farther end OF the room stood
large oaken case filed with stuffed birds Of oil
slzes and descriptions, and on the top Of it, in
perfect state Of preservation, were IN eagle, a
hawk, III owl ard parrot. On the wall n face
the door, were palr Of landscapes representing
q storm rushing between The rocks, and clouds
breaking on their tops, The third and fourth
walls were taken up with the busts Of horses,
cora, sheep, dcgs, eats, wolres, DC. in hronse
about tue waxed floor were spread cut the pre-
scrEed skins Of COWS, bulls, stays with their
Greaf up1ified horns, and bears, goats, sheep,
do and wolscs with their fierce eyeS glaring
upon u1.
tae impression these wild piecvs Of carpeting
made on Us on entering the ateltkT, was a1uaos,
startling. 1t seemed more like den OF Wild
beasts Than the 1t.aier Of lady.
Atter a ahbrt hirta1iOn with the parrot, which
spoke to'erabie French, VIC took our leave,
promising 10 meet Rosa at tic School Of Design
1or Women on the next Friday, where she goes
was founded By Rosa's father. At his death
she became it. sole xnis.rrss, but now entrnsts
it mostly to the care Of her sister and brother.
There are about City regular pupils who receire
instruction grain.
Rosa 4onhcur nas many proofs Of the reward
3fH&u r. $N nt.n ~nnH
fortune il q few days, it would be easy for her
70 DO It 10 England. BY opening there IN c1hi-
bitlon Of her p,ciurcs and sketches. +" .AareIe
des Cheraur" (The Horse Fair), which was cx-
hsbited Al Williams Ssevens's year or tHo
ngo. and which was 50 well received by the New
English editor, for fcvty thousand francs.
Wien Rosa visited England she WAS received
like princess.
Amer:ra aiso paid, the Inst ycar, len Thousand
dollars for = "'piew in the pyscnees One oi
har least known pictures
4 rich 1olta,sdcr, visiting her at<kier recently,
offered her q Thousand crowps for small sketci,
that she could have painted in two hours. "1t
IL Impossible 70 comply with your request" she
said, ~ ain not inspired"
Aadenoise1:e Boshcur is below the medium
1elghf OF woma1i in appearance, about thirty
nse years; Dttit<, with qoick, piercing blue
ssyea. and brown hair, wern short. and parted on
aipaea seirt kans csinolipc, viii, blouse jacket
~ 9!aek cIot3. She looked Eerr boyish-
Aaemo'sclie las also IN atelitr in the coun-
~ MneIe she spends much tinc- When in
eoe c1ty abe weass lhe costume Of her sex: but
never ventures outside the barrier ercrnt il her
masculine geus. 40 '~A
9aeie afe many aaecdotes in circulation about
t9e atae pA'nteF' Une day, wien She return.
ed from the country, she found messenger
Awaiting 70 nnnounco 70 her the sudden iilntt.
Of ono OF hec .youu3 friends Rosa did mt
wait - charge her mule attire, hui Lasteued Ito to
The bedside Of the youss lady. In fsw min.
utes alter ssr Arrival the doctor. who had been
sent for, entezed, and eeeinz q 5ouns man. iss
he supposed. from the costume.} seated on she M
sidy Of lac bed, with his arm round The neck Of
The sIck girl, thought he was an INTRUDER, and
7strea.ed with II possible speed. Oh run
sfter hin! He thinks you art my lover, and
: das gone and left ne 10 die!" cried the Aiek
-rirl, Ross fsv down t5e staifs, and soon Re-; Re-
.iurued with tho modest doctor, who said be did
put wlsh 70 intsude. i
-n...in, hn1Ar@nf4af}A had &1cE.