Artworks of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Repost & Update)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. 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, according to chairman Fred Ross of the Art Renewal Center - 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.

Вильям-Адольф Бугеро (William-Adolphe Bouguereau), французский живописец, крупнейший представитель салонной академической живописи. Родился 30 ноября 1825 года в городе Ла Рошель. Изучал живопись в Королевской школе изящных искусств. Его картины на исторические, мифологические, библейские и аллегорические сюжеты были композиционно тщательно выстроены и кропотливо выписаны, вплоть до мельчайших деталей. Наиболее известные полотна - “Триумф мученицы”, 1854; “Ореады”, 1857; “Рождение Венеры”, 1879; “Нимфы и Сатир”, 1881; “Молодость Бахуса”, 1884. Главная ретроспективная выставка его работ открылась в Париже в 1984 году, затем была показана в Монреале, Хартфорде и Нью-Йорке. Умер Бугеро 19 августа 1905 года в своем городе Ла Рошель.