Google Doodle Celebrates 200th Birth Anniversary of French Painter Rosa Bonheur

Rosa Bonheur, a French painter and sculptor, has been honoured with a Google doodle on her 200th birthday. Bonheur was born on this day in 1822 in Bordeaux, France. Her aspirations for a career in the arts were unconventional for women of the time. Many of her works exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1841 to 1853.

Bonheur's most famous work ‘The Horse Fair' remains on exhibit in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bonheur was widely considered to be the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century and her successful career inspired a future generation of women in the arts.

The Google doodle dedicated to Rosa Bonheur is a digital painting that features the artist sketching sheep in the countryside. Once you click through, it directs you to search results for Rosa Bonheur. The Google logo is also modified on the search results page, showing the painter's face in place of the second 'o'. The doodle is visible in only a limited number of countries, specifically, India, France, the US, Iceland, and Ireland.