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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 ]
Première rêverie (English: First Reverie), also known in English as Whisperings of Love, is a painting by nineteenth-century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The work was completed in 1889 and is held at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Mythological paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (9 P) Pages in category "Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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:
November 9 – Sir Hugh Lane, Irish art dealer and gallery founder (died 1915) November 13 – Jimmy Swinnerton, American cartoonist and artist (died 1974) November 24 – Louis Mathieu Verdilhan, French painter (died 1928) December 25 – Manuel Benedito, Spanish painter (died 1963) date unknown – Alexandros Christofis, Greek painter (died 1957)
Gabrielle Cot (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl kɔt]) [1] is an oil-on-canvas portrait painted in 1890 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Gabrielle Cot was the daughter of the French painter Pierre Auguste Cot, the most notable pupil of Bouguereau. This painting was one of the few non-commissioned portraits he ever painted.
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 ]
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