William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Definition and Overview

Le Printemps, 1866

Adolphe William Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. A student at the Académie Julian in Paris, his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited in the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon for his entire working life. Although he fell into disregard, due perhaps to his staunch opposition to the Impressionists, there is a new appreciation for his work.

List of works

• La Danse 1850
• Dusk 1863
• Le Printemps (The Return of Spring) 1866
• The Knitting Girl 1869
• The First Kiss 1873
• Nymphs and Saytr 1873
• Cupidon 1875
• The Birth of Venus 1879
• Evening Mood 1882
• Crown of Flowers 1884
• The Shepherdess 1889
• The Little Shepherdess 1891
• Invading Cupid's Realm 1892
• L'innocence 1893
• The Abduction of Psyche 1895
• The Young Shepherdess 1895
• The Virgin With Angels 1900
• Young Priestess 1902
• The Madonna of the Roses 1903

See also

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery
• List gallery
• Art nouveau, Alfons Mucha

External links

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau at the Web Museum (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/)
• Bouguereau at Work (http://www.artrenewal.com/museum/b/Bouguereau_William/mark_walker1.asp)
• Nymphs and Satyr (http://www.clarkart.edu/museum_programs/featuredObjectDetail.cfm?ID=15&nav=3#)

• Eric Harshbarger (http://www.ericharshbarger.org/l) is a commercial artist who uses Lego blocks to create major, non-traditional works. For Christmas 2003, Harshbarger rendered William-Adolphe Bouguereau's painting, Song Of The Angels (http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/song_of_the_angels.html).