Rosa Bonheur Prints – Horses, Cattle & Woodland Animals
Rosa Bonheur prints give animals a strong individual and collective presence. Working teams occupy broad fields, while horses and deer offer contrasting kinds of movement and stillness. Explore the collection alongside animal art, landscape prints and rural figure scenes, following the relationship between each animal and its surroundings.
A working team across the field
Ploughing in Nevers sets cattle in a long line over freshly turned earth beneath a broad pale sky. Smaller figures accompany the animals. The repeated bodies and furrows create a shared direction across the image while the open distance gives the group scale.
A crowd of horses in motion
The Horse Fair gathers dark and pale animals with handlers across the foreground, with trees and other spectators behind. Turning heads and legs create several overlapping movements. The close arrangement feels more restless than the measured line of the ploughing team.
Two deer within a quieter setting
Monarchs of the Forest places the standing animals close together against warm woodland colour. Their tall branching antlers extend above the more compact bodies. The upright silhouettes and attentive heads provide a still counterpart to the moving horses and working cattle.
Related artists and collections
Compare animals within country settings in Anton Mauve, wildlife observation in Wilhelm Kuhnert and birds and mammals in Archibald Thorburn. Further wildlife and animal prints extends the different creatures, while landscape art follows the fields, trees and changing outdoor space.
Read more in our Archibald Thorburn’s wildlife art.