The Bather

The Bather

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Title: The Bather
(Español: Bañista; Français : La Baigneuse; Русский: Купальщица)
Year: 1879
Technique: Oil on canvas

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Links

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Oil paintings of women | 1879 paintings | Female nude in paintings | Paintings of sitting women | Paintings of adolescent girls | Females looking down | Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Nude sitting women in art

The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Date: 1879

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The Birth of Venus (La Naissance de Vénus) is one of the most famous paintings by 19th century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but the transportation of Venus in a shell (a visual metaphor for the vulva) from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. For Bouguereau, it was truly a tour de force. The canvas stands at just over 9'10" (3m) high, and 7'2" (2.2m) wide. The subject matter, as well as the composition, resembles the rather more famous rendition of this subject, Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, as well as Raphael's painting, The Triumph of Galatea.

The painting is currently held in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco as part of the Birth Of Impressionism exhibition.

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References

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_The_Birth_of_Venus_(1879).jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus_(Bouguereau)

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Bath of Psyche

Bath of Psyche
Français : Le Bain de Psyché

Artist: Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896)
Title: The Bath of Psyche (Français : Le Bain de Psyché)
Year: 1879
Technique: Oil on canvas

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frederic_Leighton

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La Pose

La Pose

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Artist: Luis Ricardo Falero
Title: Français : La Pose
Year: 1879
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 160.6 × 85 cm (63.23 × 33.46 in)
Source: www.artrenewal.org

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falero_Luis_Riccardo_La_Pose.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_women_looking_at_viewer
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_women_by_posture

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Selfportrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879)

Selfportrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879)

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Title: Portrait of the Artist
Year: 1879
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46.5 × 38.5 cm (18.31 × 15.16 in)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Artist_Portrait_(1879).jpg

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