New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24
ROSA BONHEUR Ar THO Merry.
THE HOME OF A WOMAN ARTIST.

From The London World
Thomeryis a country retreat, ana the re-
,,eat OF one who tried the first or cics anu found
it wanting Though born at BordeauN Rosa bOhhcu ~
''ai from her seventh wear lest 1t voluntarily
i'm the maturity Of her fame for this pleasant rural exe
near Fontanebeau. whore ner genius mus What u
inves above all things-repOse, and fhe c0ntfin-
pation Of Nature: Thomry is next door r,d to
iyou it by rail. There Is tradition that
kept sheep, her only modal, on hitillnor ana maze
nor brother take him night for run on The
Tamnar;s lest lie should forget The color OF grass Now
although the discovery Of traces OF me hhee at scn an
altitude was well knows to science, III was almost WIN
out example IN @rt, an" traces Of the OK bull in
garrett would he more embarrassing nan even pun IN
china-shop. So as animated Nature would not follow
Rosa WITHIN the Notifications, she had 10 lo2W am
mated Nature TO the country beyond she mas lNed al
she is as ANY as a wild bird there You must have the
best of in Productions or the status OF old Intimacy to
Uers,s IN ,rea ling her AS o the views OF the district
ihey dive the Chateau of Fontsinebleau for the
cnriostes the forest for the glades, finally to
Thortery some five or six miles from their starting
ponI for Rosa Bonheur. Her time IA worth about $50
= dny. yet they presumption IN demanding an
hour BIT. "To 1homery, then" The provincial cab
grins when he gets me order g ioptsees I me
ascs his customer the way so That the latter may
have something for ms money. .,,... ,,,o a., ,ooo
Crossing the courtyard and avoiding the old house
now under repairs to Improve II as dwel,ng-You
enter the one, which Tor the moment rs studio and
II is her way Of sgnifying that she lives III ner work
When she dwell IN Paris long aiIG[ tne h
or her b0udor dee so tasefuy was the furniture
of her wOrkrOOm compounded OF feminine nlppery
and the apparatus OF her art Here 1t Is hardly
the same thing You pass up spiral a siar WAY
OF the herd and YOU stand III large studio that wants
but touch or two to make It Ike banguetng-
gentleman w0uld have Toasted, Rosa BODheur paints
and Sue is painting scale which, IN Its smpli-
tuac reminds of his dinners Her scene OF horses
frampug out wheat the South OF France occupies
whole side of the room, and is beyond all question: the
| largest thing she has done IL should, however. be
spoken of rather In the future than In the present tense
yet 1t is only TO be seen IN It's BEGINNINGS though
| French paper-perhaps finding prophecy catching
| in the almanac seascn-annonnced IT last Winter
isree "a Inc famous Horse Fair" and there are many
sIgs that IL intended 10 he the artists mdgn opus
in the guratlye as IN the er hos SENSE a., sna
more pDry OF form. They are or Dgh breed and II
drawn anyone but this determined student Oh Nature
they would be open 70 TIE suspicion Deihg copied from
The Eiin marbles. They tnreshiDg out the wheat
with rhf saoS Sol has @ nrned them loose Tor The labor
and started with crack OF The whip TINS picture
ably be sent 10 make the tour OF the world, AS proof
that the artist g st in the penitude OF her powers
scaDe viii be suGied from the natural object THIS is the
painters way, and we may ,yo,I have proof
| our walk through the house and grounds. The latter
are section OF the Zoo Here are the cages Tor the
naddock for cattle Well stored her memory must
ba M ye@ard TO ali the detais animal FORM Rosa Bon
heur never by any chance trusts TO the composition
of picture. She first ascertains what she wants. ana
then goes out 10 look for H. has 1t brought TO her
There IS cGnsa change Of occupancy at this grand
MOTEL of brute creatOu When an animal mas served
is purpose is packed off to mike room for another
! after leaving something better than ITS photo
Book Of the place. In the large studio, or IN
INC smaller one upstairs animal portraits IN oil by
The thcusand-sheeD Of most OF the breeds known III
| Europe II every imaginable pose, oxen from afar aud
| near One OF these IN particular. SOLDERING youth
neither calf full grown BULL must have come every
foot of way from Rob Roy's country 60 st for his
iul length TO the Vandyke OF the animal world
ncglecting the painter FOR the siters. and
that would be grave mistake on every ground In al
contemporary art there IA no personality half so inter
estlng. Rosa BOnheurs h0me-llfe has the simplicity o
her genius. She IA one OF the happy women who hav'
no history. She began TO paint young girl 10 hell
support herself and father from whom abe Eeceive'
| her first and only lessons; she IA painting
woman alitte beyond the middle period OF life
She was never married. she has lived in and for her
Her devotion Is hardly 10 be praised for II has cost he