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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Portrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French artist born in 1825. Bouguereau contributed to the Neoclassical and Academic movements and died in 1905. Get notified when William-Adolphe Bouguereau's biography is complete:

Dante and Virgil in Hell

1850

Petites Maraudeuses (Little Thieves)

1872

The Virgin, the Baby Jesus and Saint John the Baptist

1875

Virgin Comforter

1875

Pieta

1876

The Birth of Venus

1879

Return of Spring

1886

The First Mourning

1888

The Little Shepherdess

1889

The Abduction of Psyche

1895

The Madonna of the Lilies

1899

The Virgin With Angels

1900
Portrait of Angelica Kauffmann

Angelica Kauffmann

A feminist prodigy charms the European elite

1741-1807
Portrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge

1823-1889
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720-1778

Gottfried Lindauer

Anthropology or exploitation? Portraits of the Māori

1839-1926
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Actress on stage and screen moonlights as a sculptor

1844-1923
Portrait of Jean-Léon Gérôme

Jean-Léon Gérôme

A merciless teacher trains 2000 young artists

1824-1904
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A merciless teacher trains 2000 young artists
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Forgotten Master
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Sculptor turned poet, Pre-Raphaelite turned Neoclassicist
Thomas Woolner
A hermit explores the dreamscape
Gustave Moreau

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