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Bouguereau

American  
[booguh-roh] / bugəˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Adolphe William 1825–1905, French painter.


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It was bought by 19th-century French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau and passed down through his family, according to the auction house.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

When honing his craft at Santa Monica College and the ArtCenter, he developed a deeper appreciation for the grandeur of artists like William-Adolphe Bouguereau and John Singer Sargent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

The shade, somewhere between a Bouguereau mauve and Andy Warhol’s “Lavender Disaster,” incorporates the values of a lurid sunset, a screen’s glow, and a fashionable young millennial’s idea of neon delirium.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2019

Among displays in Traverse City are “The Nut Gatherers” by William Bouguereau and “Reeds and Cranes,” a landscape by Japanese artist Suzuki Kiitsu.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2016

I tried to interest him in the paintings in the chapel by Bouguereau and Brisset, but he said he wasn't used to walking so much anyway.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood