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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:: 95047 The Elder Sister The Elder Sister
1869
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 cm x 97 cm
cyf 1869
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 cm x 97 cm
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ID de tableau:: 95050 The Knitting Girl The Knitting Girl
oil on canvas
cyf oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 95090 The Nut Gatherers The Nut Gatherers
1882 (1882)
Type oil painting
cyf 1882 (1882)
Type oil painting
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ID de tableau:: 95101 The Return of Spring The Return of Spring
1886(1886)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 79.25 x 46.375 in
cyf 1886(1886)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 79.25 x 46.375 in
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ID de tableau:: 95146 The Shepherdess The Shepherdess
1889
Type oil on canvas
Dimensions 158.75 cm x 93.345 cm
cyf 1889
Type oil on canvas
Dimensions 158.75 cm x 93.345 cm
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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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