History Creator / WilliamAdolpheBouguereau

* ''Art/CupidAndPsycheBouguereau''

* ''Art/CupidAndPsycheAsChildren''

* ''Art/TheRaptureOfPsyche''

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The people in his paintings are usually barefooted.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Born 30 November 1825, Died 19 August 1905) was a French academic {{painter|s}}. In his realistic genre {{paintings}} he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown.

See also Creator/AlexandreCabanel, another Academist painter.

* ShoutOut: To the "New Sacristy" {{sculptures}} found the {{Art/MediciChapels}}. Bouguereau retakes Creator/{{Michelangelo|Buonarroti}}'s idea of depicting the dawn, day, dusk, and night as {{Anthropomorphic Personifications}}. Although, this time it's a series of {{paintings}} and [[ImprobablyFemaleCast all of them are women]].

* LoveGoddess: Discounting his depictions of Venus, one of the more famous series of paintings he did was a series based on the story of Cupid and Psyche.

!! Works made by Bouguereau with their own TV Tropes pages include:

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Born 30 November 1825, Died 19 August 1905) was a French academic {{painter|s}}. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown.

Works made by Bouguereau with their own TV Tropes pages include:

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Born 30 November 1825, Died 19 August 1905) 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. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown.

* OlderIsBetter: Bouguereau is a Neoclassicist, using the old techniques and attention to detail that the Classicists revolutionized during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. He rejected the incoming popularity of Impressionism, stating that the Impressionists lacked discipline and patience.

* GoodIsOldFashioned: Neoclassicism, as the name implies, is based around reviving the old techniques and attention to detail that the Classicists revolutionized during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. In Bouguereau's case, he rejected the incoming popularity of Impressionism, stating that they lacked discipline and patience.
--> "As for the Impressionists, the Pointillists, etc., I cannot discuss them. I do not see the way they see, or claim to see."

* LoveGoddess: Discounting his depictions of Venus, one of the more famous series of painting he did was a series based around the story of Cupid and Psyche.

* ''[[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBouguereau The Birth of Venus]]''
* ''[[Art/CharityBouguereau Charity]]''

* LoveGoddess: Discounting his depictions of Venus, one of the more famous series of painting she did was a series based around the story of Cupid and Psyche.

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