Google today celebrates the 200th birthday of French painter Rosa Bonheur, whose successful career inspired a future generation of women in the arts.

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Today's doodle is an animated image of Rosa Bonheur painting a flock of sheep on canvas.

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Rosa Bonheur was born on this day in 1822 in Bordeaux, France. Her early artistic education was facilitated by her father, a minor landscape painter.

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Bonheur's reputation as an animal painter and sculptor grew into the 1840s, with many of her works exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1841 to 1853.

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In 1853, Bonheur garnered international acclaim with her painting "The Horse Fair," which depicted the horse market held in Paris.

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Her best-known painting is “The Horse Fair” which depicts the horse market in Paris. This 1853 work on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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