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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (born November 30, 1825, La Rochelle, France—died August 19, 1905, La Rochelle) was a French painter, a dominant figure in his nation’s academic painting during the second half of the 19th century. Bouguereau entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1846 and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1850. Upon his return to France from four years’ study in Italy, he attracted a wide following with his mythological and allegorical paintings, although his...

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