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What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?

Question by amapelenohea: What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?
I am doing a paper on William Bourguereau and cannot find information on whether he is a NeoClassical painter, Romantic painter or otherwise and the specific characteristics to back up his art technique to the style.

Best answer:

Answer by M T
Go to Amazon.com and search books on Bouguereau. A summary of him will come up for each.

Damien Bartoli has written a thorough biography here:

http://www.artrenewal.org/museum/b/Bouguereau_William/bio1.asp#Damien

Other Bouguereau articles and art here:

http://www.artrenewal.org/museum/b/Bouguereau_William/bio1.asp

What do you think? Answer below!

Tags: Bourguereau, characteristics, paint, painting, Style

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One Response to “What style of painting did Bourguereau paint in and the characteristics of the style?”

  1. koodra Says:
    July 13th, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau
    staunch uphoder of the Freench Academy’s “rules”

    http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sara/hd_sara.htm
    no direct mention but describes the period and the academy’s”hold over art
    nd considering that he was Ingres ‘ student…
    neo- classicist
    http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm

    nice description of romanticism, its emergence and posiyion in opposion to classicism
    good luck

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