William Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905
William A. Bouguereau was born on November 30,
1825 in La Rochelle and died August 19, 1905 in the same village.
Unpretentious and modest, he became one of the most decorated artists
of the nineteenth century. Bouguereau received medals from the Salons
and the Universal Expositions, and successive ranks in the Legion
of Honor. He was the leading member of the Institute of France and
President of the Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers.
Bouguereau's reputation as a painter of mythologies
does injustice to the painter of tender mothers, children and young
girls. Most of the genre paintings were executed at his birth place,
La Rochelle, in the garden adjoining his studio.
In 1896, at the age of 71, he married an American
art student, Elizabeth Gardner. Her painting's show the strong influence
of her master. Gardner clearly adopted the style and technique of
her mentor. In an oft-quoted renm&, she frankly revealed, "I
would rather be known as the best imitator of Bouguereau than be
nobody." They lived and maintained a work shop at 75 Rue Notre-Dame-des
Champs.
Bouguereau's paintings were attuned to the sensibilities
of his public and he never deviated from the basic tenets of his
Academic training. He was one of the artists who dominated the Salons
of the Third Republic and the Academies. He became the last champion
of a dying tradition. His immense popularity in the United States
is evidence of his numerous public and private collections he is
a part
Musées U.S.
| Frère et sœur bretons |
New York Metropolitan Museum, NYC, NY. |
| Le lever |
New York Metropolitan Museum, NYC, NY. |
| Séduction |
New York Metropolitan Museum, NYC, NY. |
| L'ange gardien |
NY Historical Society, NYC. USA |
| Portrait de M. Bishop, enfant |
NY Historical Society, NYC. |
| Le secret |
NY Historical Society, NYC. |
| Jeune fille allant à la fontaine |
Dahesh MoArt ; NYC, NY |
| Premières caresses |
Lyndhurst Collections, Tarrytown, NY. |
| La Madone aux roses |
Museum Jay Gould, Lyndhurst Castle, Tarrytown, NY. |
| L'Art et la Littérature |
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, état de NY. |
| Portrait de Monsieur M. |
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA. |
| La charité |
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| La Paix |
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Les remords d'Oreste |
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va. |
| La liseuse |
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Ct |
| Méditation |
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse. |
| Le vœu |
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia. |
| Jeune bergère |
Appleton Museum of Art, Florida University, Ocala, FL. |
| La petite fille aux yeux bleus |
The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. |
| Tricoteuse |
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. |
| Faneuse |
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. |
| La sœur aînée |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tx. |
| L'Italienne à la fontaine |
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. |
| L'amour fraternel |
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
| Bergère |
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Ma. |
| Nymphes et Satyre |
Clark Art Institute Museum, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| Baigneuse accroupie |
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Ma. |
| La bourrique |
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Ma. |
| L'agneau nouveau-né |
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. |
| Homère et son guide |
Layton Art Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum. |
| Enfant à la tasse de lait |
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. |
| La nymphée |
Pioneer and Haggin Gallery, Stockton, Ca |
| Promenade à âne |
Cummer Art Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Fl |
| Tricoteuse |
Appleton Museum of Art, Florida University, Ocala, FL. |
| Le repos |
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh |
| La tentation |
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis. |
| La Vierge aux anges |
Museum at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale, Ca |
| Gardeuse de moutons |
Frye Art Museum, Seatle, WA. |
| La Vierge, Jésus et Saint Jean Baptiste |
H. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| Les noisettes |
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. |
| La Nuit |
Hillwood Museum, Washington, DC. |
| Les deux baigneuses |
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. |
| Méditation |
Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska. |
| Jeune bergère |
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. |
| Le printemps |
Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska. |
| Petite fille assise au bord de l'eau |
Horace C. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. |
| Au pied de la falaise |
Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN. |
| Petite boudeuse |
Rahr - West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. |
| Première rêverie |
The New Orleans Museum of Arts, New Orleans, La |
| Pastourelle |
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Ok |
| Bohémienne |
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Mn |
| Petites mendiantes |
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY. |
| Les mûres |
Saint Johnsbury Atheneum, Vermont. |
| La cruche cassée |
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA. |
| Gardeuse d'oies |
H. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| L'abri |
UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| Le travail interrompu |
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Ma |
| Le chant du rossignol |
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. |
| Souvenir |
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh ; Pa |
| Portrait de la Comtesse de Cambacérès |
The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. |
| Sur la grève |
The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit. |
| Une vocation |
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh. |
| Réflexion |
Mabee - Gerrer Museum, Shawnee, Oklahoma. |
| L'admiration |
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. |
| Inspiration |
Museum of Art & Science, Columbus, Georgia. |
| La révérence |
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| Idylle enfantine |
Denver Art Museum, Denver. |
| Tendres propos |
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, Fl. |
| L'Amour s'envole |
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA. |
| Le jeune frère |
Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA. |
| Jeune prêtresse |
Memorial Art Center, University of Rochester, Ny |
| Le glaïeul |
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama. | |
