Bouguereau
[booguh-roh]
- A·dolphe Wil·liam [a-dawlf veel-yam] /aˈdɔlf vilˈyam/, 1825–1905, French painter.
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Examples from the Web for bouguereau
Contemporary Examples
He always asked me to find him a William-Adolphe Bouguereau painting of angels and saints.
Historical Examples
Degas was in the habit of calling him the Bouguereau of Naturalism.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4)Richard Muther
All Bouguereau's opportunities in life were made by himself, by his own genius.
Pictures Every Child Should KnowDolores Bacon
"You may smoke," said the Bouguereau child who was grown into womanhood.
The Princess ElopesHarold MacGrath
He is a true academician at bottom, but a more versatile and cultured painter than either Cabanel or Bouguereau.
A Text-Book of the History of PaintingJohn C. Van Dyke
An age which went wild over Cabanel and Bouguereau could not possibly be in sympathy with him.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4)Richard Muther