Picture study in elementary schools Author:Williams Wilson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOVEMBER (preparation For Winter And Thanksgiving) BRITTANY SHEEP— ROSA BONHEUR Literature: History Of Modern Painting .... Muther History Of French Pai... more »nting .... Stranahan Rosa Bonheur, Her Life And Work . . . Rene-Peyrol Lives Of Girls Who Became Famous . . . Bolton Women Artists Mrs. Ellet Eminent Women Of The Age .... Par/on Portfolio, vol. 6, p. 98 ; Munsey, vol. 11, p. 58; Magazine Of Art, vol. 5, p. 45; Living Age, vol. 58, p. 397; vol. 63, p. 124; Century, vol. 6, p. 833; Leisure Hour, vol. 10, p. 359. "Honored Master" is the significant phrase given her by the famous French critic, Jules Claretie. Marie Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) was the most distinguished of a family of French artists, all of whom have said with pride, "My father taught me." Her mother, too, was something of a musician. Rosa Bonheur used to play truant from school and spend hours on her back in the grass gazing at the sky. At other times, oblivious of spectators, she drew what she saw in the smoothed dust with a stick. Always she loved best to represent the animals about her. She was at first apprenticed to a milliner, but finally her father, to her great joy, arranged that she should go to the boarding school where he taught. Nevertheless, she was very mischievous in school. Among other things, she made striking caricatures of both teachers and pupils. These she attached to thread, cementing one end to the ceiling with small pellets of bread. For this and similar tricks she was punished by being kept for a time on a diet of bread and water. But in spite of her pranks, she was loved by all. She was the first woman to be decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Eugenie had urged it in vain upon Napoleon III. Finally, taking advantage of his absence, during which t...« less