William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born November 30, 1825, in the city of La Rochelle, France. The second son of Théodore Bouguereau, a struggling wine salesman, he was sent off at an early age to stay with his uncle, Eugène Bouguereau, a vicar in the parish of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, to help the...
1859. Mural. 167 x 292 cm. Chapel of Saint Louis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France.
1859. Oil on canvas. 147 x 120 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France.
1860. Oil on canvas. 60 x 48 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.
1862. Oil on canvas. 231.1 x 278.4 cm. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, USA.
1868. Oil on canvas. 63 x 22.5 cm. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
1872. Oil on canvas. 200.7 x 109.2 cm. Private collection.
1877. Oil on canvas. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, France.
1880. Oil on canvas. 390 x 210 cm. La Rochelle Cathedral, La Rochelle, France. Read Note.
1880. Oil on canvas. 390 x 210 cm. La Rochelle Cathedral, La Rochelle, France.
1880. Oil on canvas. 97 x 130 cm. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
1881. Oil on canvas. 213.4 x 152.4 cm. Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA, USA.
1884. Oil on canvas. 116.5 x 90 cm. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, MA, USA.
1888. Oil on canvas. 92.7 x 50.8 cm. Private collection. Read Note.
1890. Oil on canvas. 161.6 x 93.4 cm. Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY, USA.
1895. Oil on canvas. 121 x 90 cm. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA.
1858. Oil on canvas. 49.7 x 152 cm. Private collection.
1865. Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, USA.
1865. Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, USA.
1867. Oil on canvas. 200 x 108 cm. Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, USA.
1867. Oil on canvas. 200 x 108 cm. Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, USA.
Bouguereau by Fronia E. Wissman. Pomegranate Communications, 1997.
William Bouguereau: His Life and Works by Damien Bartoli. Antique Collectors Club Dist, 2014.