A Life Painting Animals Analysis

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After reading the article “A life Painting Animals”, by Diana Childress I can infer that Rosa Bonheur loves to paint pictures of animals. Rosa Bonheur never feared animals , when she was little she kept lions as pets. Her father also knew how to paint and he gave her paint lessons every day. Everyday when her dad gave her a art task she got better and better. He thought that she would be able to draw a picture of someone famous one day. She said that she liked drawing pictures of animals and he gave her a task to paint a picture of a live animal. She kept practicing and well, one day she became a good artist known for painting animals. She also received a commission to work. She painted for the rest of her life. She

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