biography of William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905)

Personal data


Birth : 11/30/1825 - La Rochelle, France
Death : 08/19/1905 - La Rochelle, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France

Family relations

Husband of Elizabeth Jane BOUGUEREAU [ 1837-1922 ]

Education

Ecole des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
Has frequented the studio of François Edouard PICOT [ 1786-1868 ]
Friend of Gustave BERTINOT [ 1822-1888 ]

Professional data


Work and Life

Teacher of BEAUX Cecilia
Teacher of BICKNELL Frank Alfred
Teacher of COUSE Eanger Irving
Teacher of DESSAR Louis Paul
Teacher of DONOHO Gaines Ruger
Teacher of FRANCE Eurilda Loomis
Teacher of KLUMPKE Anna Elisabeth
Teacher of PARKER Lawton Silas
Teacher of REDFIELD Edward Willis
Teacher of TANNER Henry Ossawa
Teacher of MACMONNIES LOW Mary L. Fairchild
Teacher of ANSHUTZ Thomas Pollock


Honorary degree

1876

1876 : Légion d’honneur , Officier – Paris, France

1859

1859 : Légion d’honneur , Chevalier – Paris, France


Other professions

Decorator


Affiliated to an association

1876 : Institut de France – 23, quai Conti – Paris, France

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple : Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze
Drawing-Watercolor : Graphite - Lead pencil - Pastel - Pencil - Watercolour

Subject

allegory
mythology
portrait
religion
genre scene

Movements and styles

Academic Style
Pompier Art

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

L¿Aventure de Pont-Aven et Gauguin
Musée du Luxembourg – Paris, France
04/02/2003 – 06/22/2003

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2001

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Marcellin Ozanne – 18 Rue de Provence – Paris, France


Group exhibitions

2003

L¿Aventure de Pont-Aven et Gauguin
Museo di Capodimonte – Naples NA, Italy
10/15/2003 – 01/08/2004

L¿Aventure de Pont-Aven et Gauguin
Musée des beaux-arts – Quimper, France
07/12/2003 – 09/30/2003

1855

Universal Exhibition / Exposition Universelle
Paris, France
1855

Legals