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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French pronunciation: [wiljam adɔlf buɡ(ə)ʁo]; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. [ 1 ]
Alone in the World (French: Seule au Monde) is an oil-on-canvas painting created by nineteenth-century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau.Although the exact year of creation is unknown, Theo van Gogh acquired it in 1867 so it may be placed in the early part of Bouguereau's career.
The Virgin of the Lilies (French: La Vierge au lys), also known as The Madonna of the Lilies, is an 1899 oil painting by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, now owned by a private owner. [1] Its dimensions are 27 × 18.5 cm. [2]
It was the first artwork of William-Adolphe Bouguereau when he arrived in California. [2] The painting is the symbol of the loss of virginity. [ 3 ] In this picture of a young girl with a blue skirt and white shirt covered by a red cloth, she sits beside the broken pitcher. [ 1 ]
L'Amour et Psyché, enfants is an oil painting executed by the French painter William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1890. It is currently in a private collection. It was displayed in the Salon of Paris in 1890, the year Bouguereau was President of the Société des Artistes Français. [1]
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr, 1873, Clark Art Institute. Ross is a strong admirer of Adolphe Bouguereau's work. In 2002 he spoke to the New York Society of Portrait Artists and described the impression made on him in the Clark Art Institute by Bouguereau's 8.5-foot-tall (2.6 m) painting, Nymphs and Satyr:
The Virgin with Angels (French: La Vierge aux anges), also known as The Song of the Angels is an oil painting executed in 1881 by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Its dimensions are 213.4 × 152.4 cm. [1] It is now in the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale, California. [2]
San Diego Museum of Art The Young Shepherdess is an 1885 painting by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). It is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art .