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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Bather
1879(1879)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Bather
Date 1879(1879)
Medium Oil on canvas
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
At the Edge of the Brook
English: At the Edge of the Brook
Français : Au bord du ruisseau
Date 1875
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels.
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Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels
Depiction of a soul being carried to heaven by two angels
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
L Etoile Perdue
1884(1884)
Dimensions 195.5 ?? 95 cm
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Portrait of Leonie Bouguereau
1850(1850)
Oil on canvas
28.5 x 22.9 cm (11.2 x 9 in)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Remorse of Orestes or Orestes Pursued by the Furies
Date 1862
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions English: (227 x 278 cm)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Wave
1896(1896)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 121 x 160.5 cm (47.6 x 63.2 in)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Modestie
Modestie, Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 72.5 cm, Private collection
Date 1902(1902)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Dawn
1881(1881)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 5/8 x 42 1.4 inches
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Portrait of Zenaide de Cambaceres
Date 19th century
Medium Oil on canvas
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Spring Breeze
1895(1895)
Medium Oil on canvas
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Little Knitter
1882(1882)
Medium Oil on canvas
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Remorse of Orestes or Orestes Pursued by the Furies
1862
Medium Oil on canvas
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Pastourelle
1889(1889)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 62 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches (159 x 93 cm)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Modestie
Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 72.5 cm, Private collection
Date 1902(1902)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Gardner
oil on canvas
Dimensions 18 x 15 1/8 inches (46 x 38.5 cm)
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
L'Art et la Litterature
1867(1867)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 200 X 108 cm (78.7 X 42.5 in)
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| William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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(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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