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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:: 96703
Urban landscape
1870(1870)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 25 X 40.9 cm
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Painting ID:: 96704
River landscape
1850(1850)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 33.5 X 46.2 cm
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Painting ID:: 96834
La Perle
Oil on canvas, 140 x 76.5 cm
Date 1894(1894)
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Painting ID:: 97049
The Virgin of Consolation
Oil on canvas, 80 1/4 x 58 1/4 inches (204 x 148 cm), Les MusXes de la Ville de Strasbourg
Date 1875(1875)
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Painting ID:: 97352
Familia indigente
1865(1865)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 121.9 X 152.4 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
. Related Artists to William-Adolphe Bouguereau: | Ferdinand Kobell | Harry Morley | lyonel feininger | Michelino da Besozzo | GENTILESCHI, Artemisia |
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