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Bonzo had shown an interest in art since her childhood but had no formal training. Encouraged by her husband, during the Second World War, she took up painting, producing large, brightly coloured canvasses inspired by
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Bonzo suffered from poor health over the years, including tuberculosis for two years from 1949 and cancer in 1962 which slowly led to her death. Even when ill, she continued to paint with enthusiasm. She participated in exhibitions every year until 1966 at the Salon des Femmes
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district of the Ardèche. Bonzo's painting took a new turn as she produced works full of light and colour depicting the surroundings and the local inhabitants.
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also included still lifes. After the end of the war, she regularly exhibited her works in Paris where they received considerable acclaim.
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