Bouguereau & America showcases more than forty masterful paintings by the French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). The exhibition explores the artist’s remarkable popularity ...

William Adolphe Bouguereau was a French painter, best known for his realist depictions of the human figure set within Neoclassical and rustic settings. Born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825 ...

William Bouguereau, a prominent French academic painter during the 1880s and early 1900s, eloquently captured in his paintings what all inevitably lose with age and time: innocence and freedom. With ...

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art this week opens an exhibition devoted to a man once cherished and later scorned as "the most popular painter in the United States." The paintings range from ...

97.2 x 62.2 cm. (38.3 x 24.5 in.) D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2014, p. 257, cat. no. 1889/08 ...

Venus has inspired artists for centuries, embodying beauty, love, and divine femininity. Paintings of Venus capture her timeless allure through a variety of styles and historical periods. The Birth of ...