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| Product: |
BOUGUEREAU, William Adolphe
VIRGIN & CHILD |
| Code: |
B 2 - Print (Sml) |
| Description: |
Born in La Rochelle,
France on 30 November 1825, Bouguereau displayed his rare talent for
drawing at a very early age. Given a classical education by his uncle,
a curate, he went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris,
where after two years of part time study, he won first prize for figure
painting and his career was launched.
Bouguereau became a highly
sought after portrait painter and was enthusiastically received by the
public who saw in his pictures a timeless beauty of great sensual,
emotional and intellectual appeal. He was to become very influential as
a teacher of drawing at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie
Julian, remaining a staunch supporter of the academic training system
at a time when it was criticised for stifling originality and nurturing
mediocrity.
By the end of his long life he had painted close to
seven hundred works, won great popular acclaim, received medals for his
art at expositions in France, Germany and the Netherlands and been
decorated by the governments of Belgium and Spain. In 1888 he was
appointed a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and he
continued painting and exhibiting until his death. |
| Artist: |
BOUGUEREAU, William Adolphe |
| Paper Size: |
36.0 x 20.5 |
| Image Size: |
28.2 x 16.2 |
| Catalog Page Number: |
18 |
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