Rosa Bonheur : The Artist's (Auto)Biography

Introduction to the English Edition xi PART 1 Anna Klumpke's Story Rosa Bonheur's Fame in America. The Gift of a Wild Horse Leads the Author of This Book to Meet Her 5(7) Buffalo Grass 12(7) New Visits to Rosa Bonheur. Buffalo Bill's Indians 19(7) Gathering Sagebrush. I Ask Rosa Bonheur's Permission to Paint Her Portrait 26(5) At By. Sittings for the Portrait. Rosa Bonheur's Conversation 31(8) Subsequent Sittings 39(24) Rosa Bonheur Makes Me Promise to Live with Her Forever After 63(13) Rosa Bonheur Entrusts Me with the Mission of Writing Her Life Story 76(7) PART 2 Rosa Bonheur's Story Family. Childhood in Bordeaux. Arrival in Paris 83(10) Raimond Bonheur and the Saint-Simonians. A Mother's Death (1833) 93(11) Education. Raimond Bonheur and the Knights Templar. An Irresistible Penchant for Painting 104(15) First Tastes of Success. Debut at the Salon (1841). Travels in Auvergne 119(9) Gold Medal at the Salon of 1848. Ploughing in the Nivernais. Raimond Bonheur's Death (1849) 128(8) Trip to the Pyrenees. A Season at Ems (1850) 136(10) M. de Morny. The Horse Fair (1853). Haymaking (1855). Travels in England and Scotland (1856) 146(16) At the Chateau of By, Near Fontainebleau. M. Tedesco. M. Gambart 162(6) The Empress at By (1864). Rosa Bonheur Receives the Legion of Honor (1865). The Exhibition of 1867 168(9) The Terrible Year. The Lions 177(8) Stays in Nice. The Duchess of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Nathalie's Death (1889). Rosa Bonheur Named Officer of the Legion of Honor (1894) 185(16) PART 3 Anna Klumpke's Story Rosa Bonheur's Birds. Remarks on Her Mode of Dress and Feminism. Her Great Affection for Mme Carvalho. Her Love of Music. Her Religious Ideas 201(12) Electric Lights at By. Building a New Studio. Treading Wheat. Rosa Bonheur's Comments on Painting 213(9) Queen Isabella at By. Christmas at the Village School. Travels to Nice. The Empress Eugenie 222(8) Remembering Nathalie. Rosa Bonheur's Will. The Domain of Perfect Affection 230(6) Visiting the Salon of 1899 and the Luxembourg Museum 236(9) Last Instructions 245(10) Executing Rosa Bonheur's Will. Distributing Her Works. Homage Rendered Her 255(31) APPENDIXES 1. Rosa Bonheur's Last Will and Testament 263(6) 2. Major Dates in the Lives of Rosa Bonheur (1822-99) and Anna Klumpke (1856-1942) 269(4) 3. Selected Works of Rosa Bonheur 273(11) 4. Selected Works of Anna Klumpke 284(2) Selected Bibliography 286(5) Index 291