William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Bouguereau, William-Adolphe: The Story Book

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Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

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5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau: Facts & Related Content

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Born	November 30, 1825 • La Rochelle • France
Died	August 19, 1905 (aged 79) • La Rochelle • France
Awards And Honors	Prix de Rome

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Louis Le Nain

French painter

Jules Goncourt

French author

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter

Jacques-Louis David

French painter

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

French painter

François Boucher

French artist

Antoine Coypel

French artist

Anne-Louis Girodet

French painter

Jean-Jacques Henner

French painter

Pierre-Narcisse, Baron Guérin

French painter and teacher

Antoine Le Nain

French painter

Edmond Goncourt

French author

Mathieu Le Nain

French painter

Edgar Degas

French artist

Nicolas Poussin

French painter

Paul Cézanne

French artist

Henri Matisse

French artist

Claude Monet

French painter

Honoré Daumier

French artist

Camille Pissarro

French artist

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Artists, Painters, & Architects

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Ultimate Art Quiz

"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.

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