Deer in Repose
1867
Step into the quiet woods with Rosa Bonheur, the 19th-century superstar of animal art. Here, a young stag with fuzzy velvet antlers stands alert while a doe and her two spotted fawns take a nap in the dappled sunlight. Bonheur wasn't just a painter; she was a rebel who got special police permission to wear men's pants so she could hang out at slaughterhouses and study animal muscles up close. That intense study shows in the incredibly lifelike fur and the way the light hits the forest floor in this prime example of Realism.
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