William-Adolphe Bouguereau
French painter
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. Wikipedia
Born: November 30, 1825, La Rochelle, France
Died: August 19, 1905 (age 79 years), La Rochelle, France
Periods: academic art, Realism, and Neoclassicism
Children: Maurice Bouguereau, Georges Bouguereau, Jeanne Bouguereau, and more
Parents: Théodore Bouguereau and Marie Marguérite Bouguereau
Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Gardner (m. 1896–1905) and Marie-Nelly Monchablon (m. 1866–1877)
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