Much like the stock market, the cachet of 19th century French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau has had its ups and downs over the years. "Bouguereau & America," which opens Friday and hangs through ...

William Bouguereau, a prominent French academic painter during the 1880s and early 1900s, eloquently captured in his paintings what all inevitably lose with age and time: innocence and freedom. With ...

Art often challenges viewers by confronting us with what’s next. What’s new. As you’ll find now at The San Diego Museum of Art, it can also challenge viewers by confronting us with what’s come before ...

97.2 x 62.2 cm. (38.3 x 24.5 in.) D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2014, p. 257, cat. no. 1889/08 ...

65 x 55 cm. (25.6 x 21.7 in.) Charles Vendryès, Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1885, p. 45. Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 150. Mark ...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) is the artist everyone loves to hate. His meticulously rendered—nary a brushstroke in sight—and idealized images of comely country lasses, doe-eyed street ...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), a preeminent French academic painter, was born in La Rochelle into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. His early artistic sensibility was nurtured by his ...

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art this week opens an exhibition devoted to a man once cherished and later scorned as "the most popular painter in the United States." The paintings range from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Bouguereau in his studio ...

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