Merge pull request matplotlib#29814 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-29552-on-v3.10.x

Backport PR matplotlib#29552 on branch v3.10.x (Bug Fix: Normalize kwargs for Histogram)

Author: QuLogic

lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py

@@ -7018,6 +7018,8 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=False, weights=None,
         bin_range = range
         from builtins import range
 
+        kwargs = cbook.normalize_kwargs(kwargs, mpatches.Patch)
+
         if np.isscalar(x):
             x = [x]