Artist: William-adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905)
Nationality: French
Movement: Classicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
William-Adolphe Bouguereau studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Art from 1843 and 1850 and won the Prix de Rome upon finishing his training. Upon his return to France, he decorated several houses with the inspiration deriving from the frescoes in Pompeii. Bouguereau was given a medal of honor at an exhibition in Paris in 1878 and again at the 1885 Salon. As the Impressionist style was developing, he held fast to the traditional values of French art and retained Classical, mythological, and allegorical subject matters. Bouguereau’s paintings contained the conservative ideas that Impressionist movement hoped to stifle.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Loves Resistance, 1885
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Broken Pitcher, 1891
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: William Adolphe Bouguereau Title: The Bohemian Date: 1890 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.59-3/8
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Adolphe William Bouguereau Title: Temptation Date: 1880 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.39 x
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Breton Brother and Sister, 1871 Adolphe-William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)Oil on canvas; 50 7/8 x 35
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Proposal, 1872 Adolphe-William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)Oil on canvas; 64 3/8 x 44 in. (163.5
J. Paul Getty Museum -
A Young Girl Defending Herself against Eros
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Young Mother Gazing at Her Child, 1871 Adolphe-William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)Oil on canvas; 56 x
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - A Calling 1896 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Rest 1879 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - The Nut Gatherers 1882 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - The Shepherdess 1889 oil on canvas Philbrook Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Charity 1865 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery French
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Temptation 1880 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Adolphe William Bouguereau - The Goose Girl 1891 oil on canvas The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Return from the Harvest 1878 Oil on canvas The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - The Song of the Nightingale 1895 oil on canvas Dayton Arts Institute French
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Washerwomen of Fouesnant 1869 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Young Priestess 1902 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Home and His Guide 1874 oil on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum French
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Whisperings of Love 1889 oil on canvas New Orleans Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Sisters on the Shore 1896 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Arion on a Sea Horse 1855 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Adolphe William Bouguereau - Penelope (Le Travail interrompu) 1891 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College French
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Adolphe William Bouguereau - Orestes Pursued by the Furies 1862 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art French
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Au Pied de la Falaise (At the Foot of the Cliff) 1886 oil on canvas Brooks Museum French
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Wililam-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Story Book 1877 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
Museum of Fine Arts -
William Adolphe Bouguereau, French, 1825-1905 Fraternal Love 1851 Oil on canvas 147 x 113.7 cm
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Adolphe W. Bouguereau - L'Agneau Nouveau-ne (The Shepherdess) c. 1873 oil on canvas The Berkshire Museum American
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Adolphe-William Bouguereau - The Water Girl (Young Girl Going to the Spring or Jeune fille allant a la fontaine) 1885 oil on canvas Dahesh Museum of Art French
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
AndrÈ Adolphe EugËne DisdÈri, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jefferson David Chalfant, Bouguereau"s Atelier at the Academie Julian, Paris , 1891
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jefferson David Chalfant, Study for the painting, Bouguereau"s Atelier at the AcadÈmie Julian,Paris, 20th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Adolphe Marie TimotÈe BeaufrËre, Ferme Sur La Route Du Pouldu, 1909
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Joseph Lovis Corinth Title: Nude Girl Date: 1886 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.37-1/2
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Adolphe Marie TimotÈe BeaufrËre, Village Street At Coas-bihan, 1923
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Anonymous, Bouguereau, thirteenth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Adolphe Schreyer, A La Fontaine, 19th century
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Leon Adolphe Willette, Pierrot, 1885
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Leon Adolphe Willette, Pierrot, 1886

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Guggenheim Museum: 1900: Art at the Crossroads
1900 also extends to more conservative figures such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau, born in 1825 but still espoused by academicians at the turn of the century, as well as to the stylistically divergen...
San Diego Museum of Art: Painting Women: Fragonard to Bouguereau
Fragonard (1732–1806) was the leading rococo painter of his generation during the second half of the 18th century in France. His exotic landscapes inhabited by frolicking lovers and intimate scenes of everyday life, such as A Young Girl Reading, w...
The Dahesh Museum: Highlights from the Dahesh Museum Collection
These works, along with several others by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier, Jules-Jean-Antoine Lecomte de Nouy, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, and Sir John Gilbert serve as focal points for the exhibition. The biblical and mythological subjects favored by his...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in th 1870s
One of the most visible artists in New York City, Homer exhibited frequently at national and international venues including the National Academy of Design and the American Society of Painters in Water Color, and at prestigious private cl...
Dahesh Museum of Art: Telling Tales I: Classical Images
Ever since antiquity, the artistic vocabulary developed by the Greeks and Romans has remained significant for painters, sculptors and architects, across space and time. ...

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