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
allegorymythology
portrait
religion
genre scene
Movements and styles
Academic StylePompier 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