William Bouguereau

(1825–1905) fransk målare

William Bouguereau (France, 1825–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, William Bouguereau belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

William Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle and died in La Rochelle. William Bouguereau trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. William Bouguereau studied under François-Édouard Picot. William Bouguereau worked in Paris and Rome. Wikidata associates William Bouguereau with academic art and Pont-Aven School. William Bouguereau became a member of Académie des beaux-arts and Fondation Taylor. The awards include Prix de Rome, Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Pierre Auguste Cot, Emilie Desjeux, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, and Raphaël Collin.

The best-known works include ‘The Birth of Venus’, ‘Dante and Virgil in Hell’, ‘Nymphs and Satyr’, and ‘The Shepherdess’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, figure painting, and mythological painting. The catalogue has 250 works by William Bouguereau with free images. The dated works span the years 1845–1905. Works by William Bouguereau are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, National Museum of Western Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Pérez Simón Collection. Wikidata links 98 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles de Groux, Adolf Dauthage, Vito D'Ancona, Adelaide Salles-Wagner, and Herminie Gudin.