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...
1850. Oil on canvas. 147 x 113 cm. Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
1851. Oil on canvas. 147 x 113.8 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
1854. Oil on canvas. 71 x 112 cm. Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA.
1854. Oil on canvas. 71 x 112 cm. Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA.
1855. Oil on canvas. 269 x 150 cm. Private collection.
1855. Oil on canvas. 269 x 150 cm. Private collection.
1855. Oil on canvas. 269 x 150 cm. Private collection.
1856. Oil on canvas. 367 x 180 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1858. Oil on canvas. 49.7 x 152 cm. Private collection.
1858. Oil on canvas. 49.7 x 152 cm. Private collection.
1858. Oil on canvas. 49.7 x 152 cm. Private collection.
1859. Mural. 167 x 292 cm. Chapel of Saint Louis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France.
1859. Mural. 167 x 292 cm. Chapel of Saint Louis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France.
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.
1862. Oil on canvas. 231.1 x 278.4 cm. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, USA.
1865. Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, USA.
1865. Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Bouguereau by Fronia E. Wissman. Pomegranate Communications, 1997.
William Bouguereau: His Life and Works by Damien Bartoli. Antique Collectors Club Dist, 2014.