William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Portrait of the Artist (1879)
private collection
source: Art Renewal Center
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Academic and traditionalist, used mythological themes, giving them a modern interpretation; emphasis on female body.

• Lullaby (1875), and Brahms
• Bacchante (1894) (Ben Jonson, Song to Celia)

(The Moderns)