Jour: 11 janvier 2023

The unlikely friendship of ROSA BONHEUR and BUFFALO BILL and the striking portrait of Buffalo Bill remembered at Bill & Rosa’s Book Room, at the “Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)” exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay and on World Radio Paris. The striking Portrait of Buffalo Bill In an episode of “Turning Points in France”, on World Radio Paris, Patricia Killeen chatted with Natacha Henry, an international consultant on gender-based violence and an award-winning Anglo-French author living in Paris. Natacha saw a portrait of Colonel William Cody, aka BUFFALO BILL painted by French artist and feminist ROSA BONHEUR, at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Intrigued by the connection between the famous French animal painter and the American showman, Natacha researched the story of the unlikely encounter between these two mythical characters. It turned out to be a riveting tale, and the inspiration for her novel: “THE FRENCH PAINTER AND THE AMERICAN SHOWMAN: THE UNLIKE…