Art often challenges viewers by confronting us with what’s next. What’s new. As you’ll find now at The San Diego Museum of Art, it can also challenge viewers by confronting us with what’s come before ...

Much like the stock market, the cachet of 19th century French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau has had its ups and downs over the years. "Bouguereau & America," which opens Friday and hangs through ...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), a preeminent French academic painter, was born in La Rochelle into a family of wine and olive oil merchants. His early artistic sensibility was nurtured by his ...

The academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a model of success in 19th-century French culture. Like many artists of the era who were not avant-garde, Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist, a ...

French Academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s monumental painting, La Jeunesse de Bacchus, will hit the auction block for the first time since it was completed in 1884, estimated to sell for ...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) is the artist everyone loves to hate. His meticulously rendered—nary a brushstroke in sight—and idealized images of comely country lasses, doe-eyed street ...

Men 'hit on' a naked woman depicted in a 19th century painting after an image of the artwork was shared on Facebook. British freelance journalist Kitty Wenham came across the picture of ...

William Adolphe Bouguereau was a French painter, best known for his realist depictions of the human figure set within Neoclassical and rustic settings. Born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825 ...

Venus has inspired artists for centuries, embodying beauty, love, and divine femininity. Paintings of Venus capture her timeless allure through a variety of styles and historical periods. The Birth of ...

Much like the stock market, the cachet of 19th century French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau has had its ups and downs over the years. "Bouguereau & America," which opens Friday and hangs through ...