Béatrice Bulteau

{{Short description|French equine artist}}{{Infobox artist

| name = Béatrice Bulteau

| image =

| alt = Béatrice Bulteau at Romero Brito Gallery, São Paulo, 2011

| caption = Béatrice Bulteau at Romero Brito Gallery, São Paulo, 2011

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1959}}

| birth_place = Sancerre, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|06|21|1959}}

| nationality = French

| known_for = Painting, drawing, ceramics, graphic design, porcelain

| notable_works = {{unbulleted list

| Magical Horses (2003)

| Lusitano (2012)

| En Lusitanie (2014)

}}

| movement = Impressionism

| awards = {{awd|Equus Film Festival|2014|En Lusitanie||Best Equestrian Art Film}}

| website = {{URL|beatricebulteau.com}}

}}

Béatrice Bulteau (full name Béatrice Paule Jeanne Marie Bulteau) was an equine artist. She was born and grew up in Sancerre, Val de Loire, France, in 1959.{{cite book|last1=Bulteau |first1=Béatrice|others=Introduction by Rodrigues, Fernando Tavares|translator-last=Batting|translator-first=Henry|year=2003|title=Magical Horses|location=Lisbon|publisher=Béatrice Bulteau|isbn=972-9025-80-0}}

{{cite book|last1=Bulteau |first1=Béatrice|year=2012|title=Lusitano|location=Stuttgart|publisher=Franckh Kosmos Verlag|isbn=978-3930953868}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Horsemastership |journal=San Francisco Grand Prix Association |volume=1|issue=5 |location=USA|date=Spring 1989}}

She began drawing horses at four years old, and later, on a trip to Ireland in 1976, delved into watercolours as a self-taught painter.

{{cite journal |author=Iolana Vizeu Teixeira|title= |journal=Elle | issue=35 |location=Portugal|date=August 1991|page=22|language=Portuguese}}

{{cite journal |author=Ruth Oliver |title= |journal=Lisbon & Estoril Coast Magazine | location=Portugal|date=June 1992|page=15}}

Her first art show was in Paris at 17 years old. She moved to Portugal in 1980, where she worked as an illustrator for the news at RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal). At that same time, she began a series of studies of horses and movement.

{{cite journal |author=Maria Virgínia de Aguiar |title= |journal=Manchete |issue=5 | location=Portugal|date=August 1993|language=Portuguese}}{{cite journal |author=M.N. |title= |journal=Diário de Notícias| location=Portugal|date=27 March 1993|language=Portuguese}}

From 1985 to 1995, she exhibited her work in 25 states of the USA, Japan, and Canada. Since then, her shows extended to South America, the Middle East, and most of Europe, which granted her worldwide recognition as a watercolourist and a specialist in impressionistic equine art.{{cite journal |author=Sandy Clarke |title= |journal=Equine Images| location=USA|date=Fall 1990|page=62}}

{{cite book |last= |first= |title=The Blood Horse of April 18 | date=1987 |page=2533}}

In 1992, she began her work with ceramics and porcelain in Portugal, and also lithography in Paris, from which she would later transition to intaglio. In 1999, she extended her work to tapestry.

{{cite journal |author= |title= |journal=The Original Luso Update| location=UK|date= Summer 2005|page=14}}

Two art books of her work have been published: Magical Horses, and Lusitano; both of which include poetry written by authors inspired by her work.{{cite web | url=http://www.equisport.pt/en/noticias/lusitano-livro-de-beatrice-bulteau |title=LUSITANO – Livro de Beatrice Bulteau | date=27 November 2011 | website=Portal Equisport | access-date=2 June 2016 | language=Portuguese}}

Since 2004, her work included digital hybrids, created from base drawings.

{{cite web | first=Hanna| last=Larsson | url=http://lusitanoportal.com/articles/equus-film-festival-2014/ |title=Equus Film Festival 2014 | date=28 November 2014 | website=Lusitano Portal | access-date=2 June 2016}}

She delved into animation in 2010, through experiments with china ink drawings. Her short film En Lusitanie, featuring animated drawings and watercolours, was exhibited at the 2014 Equine Film Festival in New York City. It was her first contest submission, awarded with Best Artistic Film.

After an extended illness, Bulteau died on June 21, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.beatricebulteau.com/ |title=Beatrice Bulteau |date=21 June 2024 |website=Beatrice Bulteau |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite news |author= |language=Portuguese |date=21 June 2024 |title=Faleceu a artista plástica Béatrice Bulteau |url=https://www.equisport.pt/noticias/faleceu-a-artista-plastica-beatrice-bulteau/ |work=Portal Equisport |location=Portugal |access-date=26 June 2024}}