William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 120 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 30,1825 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | La Rochelle |
| France | |
| Date of died | August 19,1905 |
| Died | La Rochelle |
| France | |
| On view | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Musée d'Orsay | |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | |
| Getty Publications | |
| Periods | Neoclassicism |
| Realism | |
| Academic art | |
| Symbolism | |
| Modern art | |
| Known for | Painter |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Jane Gardner |
| Marie-Nelly Monchablon | |
| Job | Painter |
| Drafter | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Teaching artist | |
| Education | National School of Fine Arts |
| Period by artworks | Neoclassicism |
| Realism | |
| Academic art | |
| Symbolism | |
| Modern art | |
| Parents | Théodore Bouguereau |
| Marie Marguérite Bouguereau | |
| Works | Dante and Virgil |
| The Shepherdess | |
| Pietà | |
| Nymphs and Satyr | |
| The Birth of Venus | |
| Place of burial | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1818135 |
William-Adolphe Bouguereau Life story
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.