Bouguereau & America

Product Code: 70246
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America
Bouguereau & America

Bouguereau & America

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An in-depth exploration into the immense popularity of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's work in America throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Seeking to bring Gallic sophistication and worldly elegance into their galleries and drawing rooms, wealthy Americans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collected the work of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) in record numbers. This fascinating volume offers an in-depth exploration of Bouguereau's overwhelming popularity in turn-of-the-century America and the ways that his work—widely known from reviews, exhibitions, and inexpensive reproductions—resonated with the American public. While also lauded by the French artistic establishment and a dominant presence at the Parisian Salons, Bouguereau achieved his greatest success selling his idealized and polished paintings to a voracious American market. In this book, the authors discuss how the artist's sensual classical maidens, Raphaelesque Madonnas, and pristine peasant children embodied the tastes of American Gilded Age patrons, and how Bouguereau's canvases persuasively functioned as freshly painted Old Masters for collectors flush with new money.

Published in association with the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe
Paul, Tanya (Editor), Stanton Thomas (Editor)

Condition & Attributes

Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap

Publishing Information

Milwaukee WI
Milwaukee Art Museum
2019
2nd
9780300241358

Physical Description

12 inches
10 inches
192 pages
141 color illustrations
Hardcover
cloth spine, pictorial boards
English

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