īonheur moved to Paris in 1828 at the age of six with her mother and siblings, after her father had gone ahead of them to establish a residence and income there. Francis Galton used the Bonheurs as an example of the eponymous 'Hereditary Genius' in his 1869 essay. Bonheur's siblings included the animal painters Auguste Bonheur and Juliette Bonheur, as well as the animal sculptor Isidore Jules Bonheur.
Though of Jewish origin, the Bonheur family adhered to Saint-Simonianism, a Christian- socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men. Her father was Oscar-Raymond Bonheur, a landscape and portrait painter who encouraged his daughter's artistic talents. Her mother was Sophie Bonheur (née Marquis), a piano teacher she died when Rosa was eleven. 3 Patronage and the market for her workĮarly development and artistic training īonheur was born on 16 March 1822 in Bordeaux, Gironde, the oldest child in a family of artists.1 Early development and artistic training.
