Reproduction of original frame by Diego Salazar Antique Frames, New York, given in honor of Jack Lee Scott by Jane McRae Scott, 2003. After a strict academic training as a painter at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Bouguereau was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1850. This prize enabled him to move [...]
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William Bouguereau’s realistic, sometimes sentimental style came to represent the academic tradition in nineteenth century French art. He was both a commercial and critical success, exhibiting often in the French Salon and serving as President of the French Academy. His disciplined method of painting entailed the creation of preliminary drawings, precise rendering forms in space [...]
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