Bouguereau

[ booguh-roh ]

/ bugəˈroʊ /

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noun

A·dolphe Wil·liam

[a-dawlf veel-yam], /aˈdɔlf vilˈyam/, 1825–1905, French painter.

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How to use Bouguereau in a sentence

He always asked me to find him a William-Adolphe Bouguereau painting of angels and saints.
Michael Jackson: An Oral History|The Daily Beast|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was a great, warm tinted nude by Bouguereau, a French artist who was startling his day with his daring portrayal of the nude.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
And with less discrimination, and more from a sensual point of view the nudes of Cabanel, Bouguereau and Gerome.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
"You may smoke," said the Bouguereau child who was grown into womanhood.
The Princess Elopes|Harold MacGrath

Alicia rose and, crossing the room, carelessly inspected one of the pictures on the wall, a study of the nude by Bouguereau.
The Third Degree|Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow
M. Cabanel and M. Bouguereau fill whole rooms with their pale compositions, and—Millet is absent!
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878|Various