![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The story of Bouguereau is the story of the way art rises and falls in popularity the role dealers, collectors and patrons play in shaping art and taste and, in many ways, the way art was collected as members of a new American merchant class tried to define themselves and their role in the world through culture.” In addition to that, however, Bouguereau’s work can teach us much more,” said Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader curator of European art, Milwaukee Art Museum and co-curator of the exhibition. “Bouguereau is a defining figure in the history of French art and an extraordinary painter whose masterful canvases evoke delight and wonder. “Bouguereau & America” is the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in nearly 30 years. The work of French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905), who enjoyed remarkable popularity throughout America’s Gilded Age, is the focus of a new exhibition co-organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. “Portrait of Frances and Eva Johnston” by William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869, oil on canvas, 40 by 31-7/8 inches, private Collection California. ![]()
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