1848 -1890 · Work horse, circulation and collective power

Happiness paints the horse in motion in precise human systems: market, relay, cart, mule drivers and crossing show energy, dressage and transport economy.

In the 19th century, the horse was essential for transport, trade, agriculture, hunting and the army. Rosa Bonheur observes these uses with exceptional anatomical knowledge. The Horse Market transforms sales into a whirlwind of bodies, but retains the diversity of dresses, gaits and reactions. The hunting relays show the horse waiting or returning, linked to an aristocratic social practice. The hunting relays show the horse waiting or returning, linked to an aristocratic social practice. The Landes farmers going to the market place driving and movement in a regional economy, while the Spanish mule drivers crossing the Pyrenees combine load, path and mountain, while the Spanish mule drivers crossing the Pyrenees combine driving, path and mountain, while the Spanish mule drivers crossing the Pyrenees combine driving, path and mountain. The Landes farmers going to the market place driving and moving in a regional economy, while the Spanish mule drivers crossing the Pyrenees combine driving, path and mountain, while the Spanish mule drivers crossing the Pyrenees combine driving, path and mountain. The landes farmers going to the market place driving and moving in a regional economy, while the Spanish to transport people and goods. Bonheur prepares her works through direct studies, in spaces where the presence of a woman artist is unusual. His paintings admire animal power without entirely hiding harness, fatigue and imposed discipline. The selection "Markets, teams and transports of Rosa Bonheur" notably compares the return relay and Landes farmers going to the market. His reading favors the material.

At Bonheur, the hitch is not an accessory: harness, support and steering show how animal power is organized by a human economy.