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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. William Bouguereau (pronounced vill-yam boo-guh-roe) was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy...
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La Danse
La Danse (The Dance) is a painting created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau around 1856. The painting is currently held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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The Knitting Girl
The Knitting Girl (La Couseuse) is a painting created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1869.
This painting is often referred to as Knitting Anne due to the simplistic nature of the female portrayed herein.
The painting is currently held in...
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The First Kiss
L'Amour et Psyché, enfants (translated: Cupid and Psyche as Children, 1890, Salon of 1890, No. 330) is one of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's most famous painting. It is incorrectly known as Le Premier Baiser (The First Kiss, 1873).
The painting is an...
Nymphs and Satyr
Nymphs and Satyr (Nymphes et Satires) is a painting, oil on canvas, created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1873.
Nymphs and Satyr was exhibited in Paris in 1873, a year before the Impressionists mounted their first exhibition, in a style...
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Evening Mood
Evening Mood (Humeur Nocturne) is an allegorical painting created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1882.
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Alone in the World
Alone in the World (Seule au Monde) is a painting by 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 painting depicts a...
The Nut Gatherers
The Nut Gatherers (Les Noisettes) is an 1882 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is one of the most popular pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus (La Naissance de Vénus) is one of the most famous paintings by 19th century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but the transportation of Venus in a shell (a visual metaphor...
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The Shepherdess
The Shepherdess (Pastourelle) (the word is a term for a shepherdess in Southern French dialect) is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1889. It depicts an idyllic, pastoral scene of a lone young woman in peasant attire posed for...
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The Bohemian
The Bohemian is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1890. It depicts a barefooted young woman sitting on a concrete bench on the south bank of the Seine across from Notre Dame de Paris resting a violin in her lap. Her right arm is...
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The Goose Girl
The Goose Girl is an 1891 painting by Adolphe William Bouguereau, a French academic painter. The Goose Girl is one of many examples that Bouguereau specialized in paintings of beautiful women, and innocent, barefoot, young peasant girls.
It is part...
The Remorse of Orestes
"The Remorse of Orestes" (1862) is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
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Self-Portrait
"Self-Portrait" (1886) is painting by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
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