La Vie en Rosa - the convention-defying artist Rosa Bonheur, born 200 years ago

She wore men’s clothes at a time when French women needed a licence to wear trousers

Was Italian art the major influence on Cézanne?

Like all geniuses Cézanne assimilated. Are the similarities one sees in colour, composition and light deliberate, unconscious or mere coincidence?

The Irish Times view on the creative process: No (age) limits

Edna O’Brien, Margaret Atwood show artistic imagination does not abide by aging

Inspired Novak Djokovic makes it back-to-back slam titles

He reveals key to injury return after beating Juan Martin del Potro in US Open final

Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns

Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years

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Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus sells for record $450m

Long-lost painting shatters world record for any work of art sold at auction

The paintings Claude Monet kept secret for himself

Monet collected works by Renoir and Cézanne among many others in his private art collection which a new exhibition is bringing it into the light

Gauguin painting sets all-time record with €265m sale

Work was painted in 1892 and is said to have sold to museum in Qatar

‘A real journey, physically and mentally’

How do you fancy six days cycling through autumnal France? It’s not as easy as it sounds, though . . .

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Banksy art appears on walls of New York

Those who spot the graffiti are spreading the word online to aid other fans in the treasure hunt

Art by Edward G Robinson, one of Hollywood’s finest gangster actors, turns up in Durrow auction

Who’s buying fine art and antiques and why?

In the second part of our summer series – how the international art market is dominated by super-rich investor-collectors

Auctions and results