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adolphe william
[a-dawlf veel-yam] /aˈdɔlf vilˈyam/ (show ipa), 1825–1905, french painter.
contemporary examples

he always asked me to find him a william-adolphe bouguereau painting of angels and saints.
michael jackson: an oral history the daily beast july 5, 2009

historical examples

“you may smoke,” said the bouguereau child who was grown into womanhood.
the princess elopes harold macgrath

degas was in the habit of calling him the bouguereau of naturalism.
the history of modern painting, volume 3 (of 4) richard m-th-r

the grounds on which the works of bouguereau and cabanel are admired are certainly insufficient.
french art w. c. brownell

all bouguereau’s opportunities in life were made by himself, by his own genius.
pictures every child should know dolores bacon

alicia rose and, crossing the room, carelessly inspected one of the pictures on the wall, a study of the nude by bouguereau.
the third degree charles klein and arthur hornblow

he is a true academician at bottom, but a more versatile and cultured painter than either cabanel or bouguereau.
a text-book of the history of painting john c. van dyk-

she studied in paris for many years and was a pupil of the great artist bouguereau, whom she married.
stories pictures tell flora carpenter

it was a great, warm tinted nude by bouguereau, a french artist who was startling his day with his daring portrayal of the nude.
the “genius” theodore dreiser

an age which went wild over cabanel and bouguereau could not possibly be in sympathy with him.
the history of modern painting, volume 3 (of 4) richard m-th-r