About William Bouguereau :William Bouguereau total paintings collection

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 sculpture and 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.



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William Bouguereau (he did not use his first name, Adolphe) was born in La Rochelle, on the Atlantic coast of France, on November 30, 1825. In a manner similar to Mozart's display of innate musical skill, Bouguereau, at a very early age, demonstrated his uncanny ability to draw. His uncle Eugene, a curate, educated him, teaching him Latin, Greek myths, and the stories from the Old and New Testaments. This uncle played a crucial role in Bouguereau's life, for he arranged for the boy to go to high school (college) in Pons, where he took his first drawing lessons. His teacher, Louis Sage (1816-1888), is largely unknown to us today, although it is said that he had trained in the studio of Ingres. Whatever Sage's background, his instruction and Bouguereau's talent combined to produce a solid footing for the boy in the principles of drawing.


As a young man, Bouguereau put himself through the Ecole des Beaux-Arts 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 extrordinarily productive artistic life. Bouguereau produced more than seven hundred finished works and achieved a remarkable level of public acclaim and financial success. He never forgot his difficult early days, however; working secretly, he assisted young artists who were struggling as he had to pursue an artistic career in the face of financial difficulties.

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 paintings.

Bouguereau is a particular favorite of mine and is the generates more fan mail for this gallery than any of the other artists. Despite his artistic genius and wide popularity,very little has been written about Bouguereau, his paintings, and his methods. I have heard rumors of a few out of print books (in French and Italian) on Bouguereau but as yet I have been unable to locate any of them. One source I have heard about (but have not yet seen myself) is a museum catalog from a Paris/Montreal/Hartford exhibition in 1984 which has long been out of print (ISBN 2-89192-047-3).There is also supposed to be a nice postcard book of 30 Bouguereau paintings available from the MOMA store (212-879-5500 for $8.95 + 4.50 shipping and handling). Pomegranate Artbooksalso has recently published a very nice address book and a pocket calendar with some fine reproductions of Bouguereau's paintings (Box 6099, Rohnert Park, California 94927). There is a poster available of Temptation available from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts over the net.A good book on Bouguereau has finally been published in English (in May 1996) by Fronia E. Wissman simply entitled Bouguereau (ISBN 0-87654-582-7, $30.00 published by Pomegranate Artbooks). It is a must for any serious Bouguereau fan.

There can be little doubt that Bouguereau was one of the most talented painters of his time, but it is a shame that he has fallen into obscurity with museum curators and those supposedly sophisticated about art who think that ugliness and lack of content imply depth and talent.Through his uncle, Bouguereau was given a commission to paint portraits of parishioners, and when his aunt matched the sum he earned, Bouguereau went to Paris and became a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. To supplement his formal training in drawing, he attended anatomical dissections and studied historical costumes and archeology. He was admitted to the studio of Franccois-Edouard Picot, where he studied painting in the academic style. Academic painting placed the highest status on historical and mythological subjects and Bouguereau won the coveted Prix de Rome in 1850, with his Zenobia Found by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes. His reward was a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, Italy, where in addition to formal lessons he was able to study first-hand the Renaissance artists and their masterpieces.
Upon his return to Paris in early 1854 Bouguereau was awarded valuable commissions in two areas, portraiture and decorative cycles. These opportunities for work came from both Paris and his hometown of La Rochelle. Bouguereau continued to exhibit paintings (some of which had been painted in Rome) at the Salon, where they were received by the public with great favor. Because of his training at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and that institution's emphasis on paintings with themes drawn from mythological, classical, and biblical history, the subjects of Bouguereau's early Salon submissions were mostly somber and serious. Titles such as Combat of the Lapiths and Centaurs (1852; private collection) and Le triomphe du martyre: Le corps de Sainte Cecile apporte dans les catacombes (The Triumph of the Martyr: The Body of Saint Cecilia Being Carried into the Catacombs) (1854) indicate that the young artist aspired to take his place in the tradition of grand history painting.William Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body.

       The Abduction of Psyche (1895) (58K), Private Collection

        The Broken Pitcher (1891) (153K), Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

        Le Printemps (The Return of Spring), 1866 (56K), Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

        The Little Shepherdess (1891) (39K)

        The Young Shepherdess (1895) (65K) San Diego Museum of Art Balboa Park/Tel. 619-232-7931/library2@class.org Open Tue-Sun 10am

        The Shepherdess (1889) (57K)

        Evening Mood (1882) (57K) National Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba
    (See also: Bouguereau's Dawn)

        The Madonna of the Roses (1903) (81K)

        The Virgin With Angels (1900) (200K)

        Cupidon (1875)(35K)

        L'Innocence (1893) (38K)

        The Birth of Venus (1879) (62K) Musee d'Orsay, Paris

        La Tricoteuse (The Knitting Girl) (1869) (38K) Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

        Invading Cupid's Realm (1892) (139K)

        The First Kiss (1873) (21K)

        Nymphs and Saytr (1873) (139K) Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

        Young Priestess (1902) (52K) Memorial Gallery of The University of Rochester

        Crown of Flowers (1884) (48K)

        Les Danse (1850) (52K) Musee d'Orsay, Paris

        The Gypsies (1880) (32K) The Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross

        At the Edge of the River (1875) (68K) The collection of Fred and Sherry Ross

        Childhood Idyll (1900) (37K) Denver Art Museum

        The Pet Bird (1867) (46K)

        The Bathers (1884) (30K) The Art Institute of Chicago

        The Nymphaeum (1878) (37K) The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

        Little Girl Holding Apples (1895) (30K) Private Collection

        Little Mauraders (1872) (63K)

        The Little Beggar Girls (1890) (63K) Syracuse University Art Collection

        Art and Literature (1867) (59K) Arnot Art Museum

        By the Edge of a Stream (1875) (42K) Private Collection

        Homer and His Guide (1874) (103K) Milwaukee Art Museum

        The Flagellation of Christ (1880) (66K) Cathedral of de La Rocheelle

        First Caresses (1866) (93K) Lyndhurst, National Trust for Historic Preservation

        Portrait of Madame la Contesse de Cambaceres (1895) (99K) Seattle Art Museum

        The Two Sisters (1877) (66K) Private Collection

        Temptation (1880) (44K) Minneapolis Institute of Arts

        A Soul Brought to Heaven (1878) (43K) Musee du Perigord

        Orestes Pursued by the Furies (1862) (46K) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

        Young Girl Defending Herself From Eros (1880) (53K) North Carolina Museum of Art, Wilmington

        Song of the Angels (1881) (60K) Forest Lawn Cemetary, Glendale, California

        Rest in Harvest (1865) (57K) Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (possibly a fake!)

        The Secret (1876) (60K) Robert L. Stewart Collection. New York Historical Society

        The Shell (1871) (50K)

        Going to the Well (1893) (27K) J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

        Seated Nude (1884) (80K) Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Massachusetts

        Dark Beauty (1898) (38K) Private Collection

        Return from the Harvest (1878) (109K) Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, Florida

        The Proposal (1872) (45K) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

        Maternal Admiration (1869) (59K) The collection of of Josephine F. Schmidt

        Work Interrupted (1891) (127K) Mead Art Museum, Amherst College

        Portrait of Anna Head (1874) (62K) Joan Michelman, Ltd., New York, Chicago

Sketches and Photographs

        Bouguereau in his studio (37K)

        Study of a young girl's head (17K)

        Study for Nymphs and Saytr (1873) (25K)

        Study for Nymphs and Saytr (1873) (16K)

        Study for The Education of Bacchus (45K)

        Study for Nymphs and Saytr (1873) (41K)

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