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william-adolphe bouguereau

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birth place:  La Rochelle, France
birth date:  30 November 1825
death place: La Rochelle, France
death date:  19 august 1905
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau 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. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, with the whereabouts of many are still unknown.
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La Jeunesse De Bacchus (1884) by William Bouguereau, the most ambitious work of his life,with an estimate of $25-$35m fails to sell at Sotheby's while Monet's Meules (1890) sells for $110m
La Jeunesse De Bacchus (1884) by William Bouguereau
One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish. There's only one kind of painting. It is the painting that presents the eye with perfection, the kind of beautiful and impeccable enamel you find in Veronese and Titian."

​-- William Bouguereau


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oil painting Aphrodite by William Bouguereau, 1879
Aphrodite by William Bouguereau, 1879
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For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif."

​​-- William Bouguereau

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