
Adolphe-William Bouguereau Painting Reproductions Gallery 8 of 10
1825-1905
French Academic Classicism Painter
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter.
Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle.
A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon for his entire working life. Although he fell into disregard in the early 20th century, due perhaps to his staunch opposition to the Impressionists, there is a new appreciation for his work. In his lifetime, Bouguereau painted eight hundred and twenty-six paintings.
In his own time, Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world. In 1900, his contemporaries Degas and Monet reportedly named him as most likely to be remembered as the greatest 19th century French painter by the year 2000, although with Degas' famous trenchant wit, and the aesthetic tendencies of the two Impressionists, it is possible the statement was meant as an ironic comment on the taste of the future public. Bouguereau's works were eagerly bought, at high prices, especially by American millionaires. After about 1920, Bouguereau fell into disrepute. Some assert this may have been consciously engineered by the new "art expert establishment", who resented his former opposition to new developments in painting, but it is likely that more profound societal factors were instrumental to this enormous shift in taste and sensibility. For decades, his name was not even mentioned in encyclopedias. Today, over one hundred museums throughout the world exhibit his works.
At a rather advanced age, Bouguereau was married for the second time, to fellow artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, one of his pupils. He also used his influence to open many French art institutions to women for the first time, including the Academie francaise.
He died in La Rochelle.
Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle.
A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon for his entire working life. Although he fell into disregard in the early 20th century, due perhaps to his staunch opposition to the Impressionists, there is a new appreciation for his work. In his lifetime, Bouguereau painted eight hundred and twenty-six paintings.
In his own time, Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world. In 1900, his contemporaries Degas and Monet reportedly named him as most likely to be remembered as the greatest 19th century French painter by the year 2000, although with Degas' famous trenchant wit, and the aesthetic tendencies of the two Impressionists, it is possible the statement was meant as an ironic comment on the taste of the future public. Bouguereau's works were eagerly bought, at high prices, especially by American millionaires. After about 1920, Bouguereau fell into disrepute. Some assert this may have been consciously engineered by the new "art expert establishment", who resented his former opposition to new developments in painting, but it is likely that more profound societal factors were instrumental to this enormous shift in taste and sensibility. For decades, his name was not even mentioned in encyclopedias. Today, over one hundred museums throughout the world exhibit his works.
At a rather advanced age, Bouguereau was married for the second time, to fellow artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, one of his pupils. He also used his influence to open many French art institutions to women for the first time, including the Academie francaise.
He died in La Rochelle.
229 Bouguereau Paintings

Head of a Young Girl 1898
Oil Painting
$1330
$1330
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5501
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Curtsey 1898
Oil Painting
$1681
$1681
SKU: BWA-5502
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Self Portrait Presented to M. Sage 1886
Oil Painting
$1354
$1354
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5503
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Child Braiding a Crown 1874
Oil Painting
$1831
$1831
SKU: BWA-5504
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 86.3 x 55.7 cm
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 86.3 x 55.7 cm
Private Collection

Mignon 1869
Oil Painting
$1618
$1618
SKU: BWA-5505
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Countess de Montholon 1864
Oil Painting
$1735
$1735
SKU: BWA-5506
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Palm Leaf 1894
Oil Painting
$1601
$1601
SKU: BWA-5507
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Crossing of the Ford 1869
Oil Painting
$1816
$1816
SKU: BWA-5508
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Sketch of a Young Woman Undated
Oil Painting
$1252
$1252
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5509
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 45.7 x 38 cm
Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross, New Jersey, USA
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 45.7 x 38 cm
Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross, New Jersey, USA

The Mischievous One 1895
Oil Painting
$1562
$1562
SKU: BWA-5510
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Portrait of a Young Girl 1890
Oil Painting
$1309
$1309
SKU: BWA-5511
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Young Girl Crocheting 1889
Oil Painting
$830
$830
SKU: BWA-5512
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Chilly Girl (La frileuse) 1879
Oil Painting
$1660
$1660
SKU: BWA-5513
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Idylle 1851
Oil Painting
$1582
$1582
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5514
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Earrings (Boucles D'Oreilles) 1891
Oil Painting
$1714
$1714
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5515
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Woman with Seashell 1885
Oil Painting
$1735
$1735
SKU: BWA-5516
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Woman of Cervara and Her Child 1861
Oil Painting
$1872
$1872
SKU: BWA-5517
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Wounded Eros 1857
Oil Painting
$1618
$1618
SKU: BWA-5518
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

A Young Girl 1886
Oil Painting
$1252
$1252
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-5519
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 35.6 x 27.3 cm
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 35.6 x 27.3 cm
Private Collection

Pifferaro 1874
Oil Painting
$2125
$2125
Canvas Print
$68.39
$68.39
SKU: BWA-6284
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Private Collection

Study of a Seated Veiled Female Figure Undated
Paper Print
$47.57
$47.57
SKU: BWA-6285
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 32.4 x 25 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 32.4 x 25 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA

Loves Resistance 1885
Paper Print
$47.57
$47.57
SKU: BWA-6286
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 34.5 x 23.5 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 34.5 x 23.5 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

Portrait of Madame Olry-Roederer 1900
Oil Painting
$2065
$2065
Canvas Print
$51.90
$51.90
SKU: BWA-6287
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 193 x 108 cm
Private Collection
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 193 x 108 cm
Private Collection

The Song of the Nightingale 1895
Oil Painting
$1777
$1777
Canvas Print
$49.95
$49.95
SKU: BWA-6288
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 139.7 x 89 cm
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, USA
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Original Size: 139.7 x 89 cm
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, USA