| Intro | peintre français, père et maître de Rosa Bonheur | ||
| Was | Painter | ||
| From | France | ||
| Type | Arts | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 1849, Bordeaux, France | ||
| Death |
1849, Paris, France |
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Raymond Bonheur (Oscar-Raymond Bonheur), (1796–1849) was a French painter. He is best known as the father of Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), Auguste Bonheur (1824-1884), Isidore Bonheur (1827-1901), and Juliette Bonheur (1830-1891).
Biography
Bonheur was born in 1796. He was a landscape and portrait painter. He was also follower of Saint-Simonianism He left his wife, Sophie, and his four children to join a Saint-Simonian community. When Sophie died of tuberculosis, he took over the responsibility for his previously-abandoned children. He sent his two sons to boarding school and Juliette was sent to live with a family friend. Rosa remained with her father.
He died in 1849.