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Adolphe William Bouguereau The Birth of Venus oil painting


The Birth of Venus
Painting ID::  10809 		Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau
Painting: The Birth of Venus
Introduction: 9' 10" x 7' 1 3/4" (300 x 218 cm), Salon of 1879.
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Adolphe William Bouguereau The Dance oil painting


The Dance
Painting ID::  10903 		Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau
Painting: The Dance
Introduction: 1856, Salon of 1857, Part of Decorative ensemble for Anatole Bartholoni's private residence, 12' x 6' 1" (367 x 185 cm). Gift of Captain Peter Moore, 1981.
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Adolphe William Bouguereau Zenobia.found by shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes (mk26) oil painting


Zenobia.found by shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes (mk26)
Painting ID::  24316 		Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau
Painting: Zenobia.found by shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes (mk26)
Introduction: 1850 Oil on canvas 147x113cm Ecole des Beaux-Arts,Paris
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Adolphe William Bouguereau La danse (mk26) oil painting


La danse (mk26)
Painting ID::  24317 		Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau
Painting: La danse (mk26)
Introduction: Oil on canvas 367x180cm Msee d'Orsay,Paris, Photograph courtesy Lauros-Giaudon
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Adolphe William Bouguereau Arion on a Seahorse (mk26) oil painting


Arion on a Seahorse (mk26)
Painting ID::  24318 		Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau
Painting: Arion on a Seahorse (mk26)
Introduction: Oil on canvas 71x112cm
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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     Bouguereau made more than seven hundred finished works. French painter. From 1838 to 1841 he took drawing lessons from Louis Sage, a pupil of Ingres, while attending the coll?ge at Pons. In 1841 the family moved to Bordeaux where in 1842 his father allowed him to attend the Ecole Municipale de Dessin et de Peinture part-time, under Jean-Paul Alaux. In 1844 he won the first prize for figure painting, which confirmed his desire to become a painter. As there were insufficient family funds to send him straight to Paris he painted portraits of the local gentry from 1845 to 1846 to earn money. In 1846 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in the studio of Francois-Edouard Picot. This was the beginning of the standard academic training of which he became so ardent a defender later in life. Such early works as Equality reveal the technical proficiency he had attained even while still training. In 1850 he was awarded one of the two Premier Grand Prix de Rome for Zenobia Discovered by Shepherds on the Bank of the River Araxes (1850; Paris, Ecole N. Sup. B.-A.). In December 1850 he left for Rome where he remained at the Villa Medici until 1854, working under Victor Schnetz and Jean Alaux (1786-1864). During this period he made an extensive study of Giotto's work at Assisi and Padua and was also impressed by the works of other Renaissance masters and by Classical art. On his return to France he exhibited the Triumph of the Martyr (1853; Luneville, Mus. Luneville; ) at the Salon of 1854. It depicted St Cecilia's body being carried to the catacombs, and its high finish, restrained colour and classical poses were to be constant features of his painting thereafter. All his works were executed in several stages involving an initial oil sketch followed by numerous pencil drawings taken from life. Though he generally restricted himself to classical, religious and genre subjects, he was commissioned by the state to paint Napoleon III Visiting the Flood Victims of Tarascon in 1856 . Related Artists to Adolphe William Bouguereau : | LASTMAN, Pieter Pietersz. | Domingos Antonio de Sequeira | Dixon, Maria | William Mulready | Louise Rayner |

 

 

 
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