page_title: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
section_title: Selected works
hierarchical_section_title: William-Adolphe Bouguereau / Selected works
context_page_description: 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. 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.
context_section_description: La Danse (1856)
  Bather (1864)
  Alone in the World (Latest 1867)
  The Knitting Girl (1869)
  The Elder Sister (1869)
  Italian Girl at the Fountain (1870)
  Baigneuse (1870)
  Nymphs and Satyr (1873)
  Homer and his Guide (1874)
  At the Edge of the River (1875)
  The Grape Picker (1875)
  The Little Knitter (1875)
  La Jeunesse et l'Amour (1877)
  The Donkey Ride (1878)
  The Birth of Venus (1879)
  Girl Defending herself against Cupid (1880)
  Virgin of the Angels (1881)
  Evening Mood (1882)
  The Nut Gatherers (1882)
  Alma Parens of Mother France (1883)
  The Youth of Bacchus (1884)
  Biblis (1884)
  The Return of Spring (1886)
  Woman with Captive Cupid (1886)
  The First Mourning (1888)
  The Shepherdess (1889)
  Les murmures de l'Amour (1889)
  Gabrielle Cot, a portrait of Cot's daughter, 1890
  L'Amour et Psyché, enfants (1890)
  The Bohemian (1890)
  Little Beggars (1890)
  Le Travail interrompu (1891)
  The Goose Girl (1891)
  The Wasps Nest (1892)
  Innocence (1893)
  Pleasant Burden (1895)
  The Ravishment of Psyche (1895)
  The Wave (1896)
  Admiration (1897)
  Rêve de printemps (1901)
  Yvonne on the Doorstep (1901)
  The Oreads (1902)
  Oceanid (1904)
  In The Woods (1905)
  Source
caption: Sewing (1898)
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