Compare And Contrast Rosa Bonheur And Eriasson

Rosa Bonheur and Olafur Eliasson are two completely different types of artists but yet have similarities in their admiration for the elements of the natural world. Both artists had successful business art careers and represented their convictions as activists. We will discuss and summarize who these artists symbolize by discovering what sparked their interest to pursue art, the different styles and types of art, how they conducted their art careers, how they marketed their works, and how they priced their art. In order to better understand the journey of these artists’ careers, we compare and contrast their individual characteristics, successes, awards, and personal accomplishments in the business of art. Coming from two contrasting time periods of realism and contemporary art, Bonheur and Eliasson share a common purpose to empower others through the business of art as a feminist figure and global activist.
Rosa Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, France in 1822 and passed away at …show more content…
Bonheur would have wanted to attend formal art classes, but since women were not allowed to during that period in time, her father personally started training Rosa when she was 13 years old. She started her artistic training by copying art pieces and paintings made by masters in the Louvre. By the age of 17, she was earning money with her copies from the Louvre in order to help with the family income. Once Bonheur started to develop her own unique style, she focused on her animalière styled paintings and sculptures. Because her family lived in a rural area surrounded by plains and wildlife, she was able to concentrate on depicting animals in their most natural settings. Furthermore, she would attend horse fairs and the slaughterhouses in Paris in order to bring animal emotion and specific features into her paintings to make them more powerful and