1514899

Magnificent W. A. Bouguereau Oil Painting, The #1514899

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Magnificent W. A. Bouguereau Oil Painting, The #1514899
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"BUREAU ART GALLERY - 20 YEARS ON BUSINESS"

This is a magnificent painting made by the famous french artist William Adolphe Bouguereau, this is an amazing item with a very good cotation and the artist is presented in famous art books all around the world. Our experts and the Bureau Art Gallery (20 yers on business) can assure you the quality of this wonderfull masterpiece and it is sent with an expertize!

Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle.

A student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon for his entire working life. Although he fell into disregard in the early 20th century, due perhaps to his staunch opposition to the Impressionists, there is a new appreciation for his work. In his lifetime, Bouguereau painted eight hundred and twenty-six paintings.
In his own time, Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world. In 1900, his contemporaries Degas and Monet reportedly named him as most likely to be remembered as the greatest 19th-century French painter by the year 2000, according to chairman Fred Ross of the Art Renewal Center - although with Degas' famous trenchant wit, and the aesthetic tendencies of the two Impressionists, it is possible the statement was meant as an ironic comment on the taste of the future public. Bouguereau's works were eagerly bought, at high prices, especially by American millionaires. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:End of the 19th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)</td></tr>




<tr><td>Title:Magnificent W. A. Bouguereau Oil Painting, The</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Brazil</td></tr>
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