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Melanie Laurent will play Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing artist from 19th century, in Fabienne Berthaud's film from 'Coco Before Chanel' producers.

Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous artists of her time. Two hundred years later, museums are reviving the oft-forgotten animal painter.

An exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay will be the first major Paris show in over 100 years for a painter who defied gender expectations in her personal as well as in her professional life.

Rosa Bonheur, original name Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, (born March 16, 1822, Bordeaux, France—died May 25, 1899, Château de By, near Fontainebleau), French painter and sculptor famed for the remarkable accuracy and detail of her pictures featuring animals. Toward the end of her career those qualities were accentuated by a lighter palette and the use of a highly polished surface finish. Bonheur was trained by her father, Raymond Bonheur, an art teacher and a follower of the social theorist Henri de Saint-Simon. In 1836, three years after her mother’s death, Bonheur met Nathalie Micas, who bec...