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The Young Shepherdess, 1885
7" x 15" Fine Art Print
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A Little Shepherdess, 1891
8" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Not Too Much to Carry
11" x 14" Fine Art Print
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Greek Goddess Eos, the Goddess of Dawn
6" x 12" Fine Art Print
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The Elder Sister (La Soeur Ainee)
10" x 13" Fine Art Print
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Annunciation
8" x 15" Fine Art Print
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The First Kiss
14" x 11" Fine Art Print
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A Breton Girl, 1889
10" x 13" Fine Art Print
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The Virgin with Angels, 1900
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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A Childhood Idyll
19" x 13" Fine Art Print
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Cupidon
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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The Annunciation
8" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Girl Defending Herself Against Love
11" x 14" Fine Art Print
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The Oreads, 1902
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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Napoleon III
11" x 8" Fine Art Print
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Price: $6.99
The Heart's Awakening, 1892
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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Le Jour des Morts
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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Therese
9" x 12" Fine Art Print
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At the Edge of the Brook
10" x 15" Fine Art Print
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was born in La Rochelle. A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited in 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 and at the time, 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. 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. After about 1920, Bouguereau fell into a curious disrepute. Some assert this may have been consciously engineered by the new "art expert establishment," who resented his former opposition to new developments in painting. But, it is likely that more profound societal factors were instrumental to this enormous shift in taste and sensibility. For decades, his name was not even mentioned in encyclopedias. Today, over one hundred museums throughout the world exhibit his works. At a rather advanced age, Bouguereau married for the second time, with fellow artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, one of his pupils. He also used his influence to open many French art institutions to women for the first time, including the “Académie Française.”