Bouguereau
Americannoun
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It was bought by 19th-century French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau and passed down through his family, according to the auction house.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
When honing his craft at Santa Monica College and the ArtCenter, he developed a deeper appreciation for the grandeur of artists like William-Adolphe Bouguereau and John Singer Sargent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
The shade, somewhere between a Bouguereau mauve and Andy Warhol’s “Lavender Disaster,” incorporates the values of a lurid sunset, a screen’s glow, and a fashionable young millennial’s idea of neon delirium.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2019
Among displays in Traverse City are “The Nut Gatherers” by William Bouguereau and “Reeds and Cranes,” a landscape by Japanese artist Suzuki Kiitsu.
From Washington Times ● May 15, 2016
What is unusual about the picture by Bouguereau on page 332 G.B.?
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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