Float into the world of France’s lion-taming rebel artist

by · Australian Financial Review

Sue Wallace
Aug 3, 2026 – 5.00am

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paint-splattered easel is abandoned on a busy desk, a blue cotton art smock rests on a tan leather armchair and the remnants of cigarettes lie unfinished in an ashtray. Step into the well-preserved world of rebellious French painter, animalière and sculptor Rosa Bonheur, who died in 1899 – and you half expect her to appear.

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