Monday, May 20, 2013

William-Adolphe Bouguereau • Moissonneuse


William-Adolphe Bouguereau
(FRENCH, 1825–1905)
MOISSONNEUSE
signed -W-BOUGUEREAU and dated 1868 (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 7/8 by 33 1/2 in.
106.5 by 85 cm












Monday, May 13, 2013

Eat Your Porridge!

or: All roads lead to David

 each  "~"  =  "who was a student of"


William-Adolphe Bouguereau



William Bouguereau ~ François-Édouard Picot ~ François-André Vincent and also of Jacques-Louis David!



J.C. Leyendecker


J.C. Leyendecker ~ Jean-Joseph Constant dit* Benjamin-Constant ~ Alexandre Cabanel ~ François-Édouard Picot ~ François-André Vincent and also of Jacques-Louis David!




Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell ~ George B. Bridgman ~ Jean-Léon Gérôme ~ Hippolyte De La Roche, dit* Paul Delaroche ~ Antoine-Jean Gros, baron Gros ~ Jacques-Louis David!
&
Norman Rockwell ~ George B. Bridgman ~ Gustave Rodolphe Clarence Boulanger ~ Hippolyte De La Roche, dit* Paul Delaroche ~ Antoine-Jean Gros, baron Gros ~ Jacques-Louis David!



Norman Rockwell ~ Frank Vincent DuMond, aka Du Mond ~ Gustave Rodolphe Clarence Boulanger ~ Hippolyte De La Roche, dit* Paul Delaroche ~ Antoine-Jean Gros, baron Gros ~ Jacques-Louis David!
&
Norman Rockwell ~ Frank Vincent DuMond, aka Du Mond ~ Jean-Joseph Constant dit* Benjamin-Constant ~ Alexandre Cabanel ~ François-Édouard Picot ~ François-André Vincent and also of Jacques-Louis David!


*called


Friday, May 3, 2013

William-Adolphe Bouguereau • Rêverie sur le seuil


William-Adolphe Bouguereau
(FRENCH, 1825–1905)
Rêverie sur le seuil
signed and dated ‘W. BOUGUEREAU 1893’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
37 x 23 in. (95.8 x 60.3 cm.)










Wednesday, May 1, 2013

William-Adolphe Bouguereau • Les deux soeurs


William-Adolphe Bouguereau
(FRENCH, 1825-1905)

Les deux soeurs
signed and dated ‘W. BOUGUEREAU 1877’ (on the bench, lower left)
oil on canvas
53 x 31 in. (135.8 x 79.3 cm.)