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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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Painting ID:: 83721
Modestie
Modestie, Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 72.5 cm, Private collection
Date 1902(1902)
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Painting ID:: 85406
Dawn
1881(1881)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 5/8 x 42 1.4 inches
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Painting ID:: 85461
Portrait of Zenaide de Cambaceres
Date 19th century
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 85715
Spring Breeze
1895(1895)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 85948
The Little Knitter
1882(1882)
Medium Oil on canvas
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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
. Related Artists to William-Adolphe Bouguereau: | Louis Gallait | Pierre Pater The Elder | Christoph Franz Hillner | Caspar van Wittel | Anders Askevold |
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