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Adolphe-William Bouguereau
(Nov.30,1825 La Rochelle - Aug. 19,1905 La Rochelle) French Oil Painting Artist Biography.
Adolphe-William Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, Bouguereau gained local acclaim as a talented portrait oil painter. He put himself through the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1838 by keeping books for a wine merchant and coloring lithographic labels for a local grocer. In his spare time, late in the evening, he created drawings from memory. This diligence and discipline resulted in an extraordinarily productive artistic life. Bouguereau produced more than seven hundred finished works of art and achieved a remarkable level of public acclaim and financial success, becoming one of the worlds artist
Adolphe-William Bouguereau blended classical poses and subject matter with his own romanticized realism rendered in a highly finished style that would come to characterize his paintings.
In 1850 Bougereau was awarded the coveted Prix de Rome and spent four years at the Villa Medici studying Classical and Renaissance masterpiece oil paintings. The potent influence of Classical works is readily apparent in his oil paintings dating after this period.
During the 1870s Bouguereau's focus shifted from historical and genre paintings to lighter, lyrical mythological and angel paintings. Highly regarded by his contemporaries, Bouguereau was awarded numerous state commissions and at the height of his career, taught at the Academie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He never forgot his difficult early days, working secretly, he assisted young artists who were struggling, as he had, to pursue an artistic career in the face of financial difficulties.
Like many painters of the second half of the 19th century, Bouguereau made a careful study of form and technique and steeped himself in classical oil painting. True to his serious and industrious nature, he worked deliberately and industriously, before beginning a painting he would master the history of his subject and complete numerous sketches. The tenderness with which he portrayed children and domestic scenes, his technical skill and passion for the classics and his love of rich color are hallmarks of Bouguereau's exquisite oil paintings. Recent exhibitions have focused attention on the contribution of mid-19th century artists and Bouguereau's work has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. William Bouguereau is one of history's greatest artistic geniuses and is probably the greatest painter of the human figure in the history of art.
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The First Kiss
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Rest at Harvest
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Biblis
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Temptation
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The Little Pouter
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