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Bouguereau

American  
[booguh-roh] / bugəˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Adolphe William 1825–1905, French painter.


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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

She studied in Paris for many years and was a pupil of the great artist Bouguereau, whom she married.

From Stories Pictures Tell Book One by Carpenter, Flora L.