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A fact from Auguste Bonheur appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Auguste Bonheur's award-winning painting La Sortie du pâturage (pictured) was made a lottery prize by the French government as a way of promoting contemporary art?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Auguste Bonheur.

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Date of birth

In this article (and its version in French), the birth date of Auguste Bonheur is indicated as 18 March 1824. According to Wikimedia Commons, his birth date is 24 November 1824. And according to Rehs Galleries, it is 3 November 1924. Coldcreation (talk) 13:17, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to Centre Historique des Archives Nationale Auguste Bonheur was born 3 November 1824. Until a more reliable source manifests itself, I will go ahead and correct both this article and the French version. Coldcreation (talk) 13:35, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Date of death

Also according to Centre Historique des Archives Nationale, dossiers de proposition pour la Légion d'honneur 1852-1870, his date of death is 21 February 1884. That now has been modified in this article. Coldcreation (talk) 13:47, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]