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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. William Bouguereau was a traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825, into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. He seemed destined to join the family business but for the intervention of his uncle Eugene, a Roman Catholic priest, who taught him classical and Biblical subjects, and arranged for Bouguereau to go to high school. Bouguereau showed artistic talent early on and his father was convinced by a client to send him to the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, where he won first prize in figure painting for a depiction of Saint Roch. To earn extra money, he designed labels for jams and preserves |
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ID de tableau:: 71986 The Bather The Bather
1879(1879)
Oil on canvas
1879(1879)
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ID de tableau:: 73420 Bather Bather
Date 1879(1879)
Medium Oil on canvas
cyf Date 1879(1879)
Medium Oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 73553 At the Edge of the Brook At the Edge of the Brook
English: At the Edge of the Brook
Français : Au bord du ruisseau
Date 1875
cyf English: At the Edge of the Brook
Français : Au bord du ruisseau
Date 1875
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ID de tableau:: 73882 Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels. Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
cjr Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
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ID de tableau:: 75446 Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
cyf Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. William Bouguereau was a traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825, into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. He seemed destined to join the family business but for the intervention of his uncle Eugene, a Roman Catholic priest, who taught him classical and Biblical subjects, and arranged for Bouguereau to go to high school. Bouguereau showed artistic talent early on and his father was convinced by a client to send him to the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, where he won first prize in figure painting for a depiction of Saint Roch. To earn extra money, he designed labels for jams and preserves
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