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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Bohemian (1890) The Bohemian is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1890. It depicts a barefooted young woman sitting on a concrete bench on the south bank of the Seine across from Notre Dame de Paris resting a violin in her lap. Her right arm is resting on her thigh while the palm of her left hand is pressed down on her left knee so that she does not lean on the violin. Her hands are clasped with the fingers pointing forward while her shoulders are wrapped in a shawl dyed maroon and light green, and she is wearing a gray dress that extends to her ankles. The bow of the violin has been stuck through diagonally under the fingerboard. To her right is a maple tree. The subject is a model employed by Bouguereau for this and other paintings, including The Shepherdess. It was owned by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts until 2004 when it was auctioned by Christie's to benefit the acquisition fund. http://en.wikipedia.o...

Psyche et L'Amour (1889) Description: Psyche et L'Amour Date: 1889 Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psyche_et_LAmour.jpg This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. Eros | Psyche | Amor and Psyche | Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Alexandre Cabanel - Eve After the Fall Date: before 1889

Alexandre Cabanel Born: 28 September 1823, Montpellier, France Died: 23 January 1889 (aged 65) Nationality: French Field: Painting Training: François-Édouard Picot Movement: Academicism Works: Birth of Venus Awards: Prix de Rome Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. Cabanel was born in Montpellier, Hérault. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well-known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of seventeen. Cabanel studied with François-Édouard Picot and exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1844, and won the Prix de Rome scholarship in 1845 at the age of twenty two. Cabanel was elected a member of the Institute in 1863 and appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in the sam...

Self portrait with Felt Hat Description: Self portrait with Felt Hat Year: 1888 Author: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Type: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 44 cm × 37.5 cm (17.3 in × 14.8 in) Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisionism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Self_portrait_with_Felt_Hat.jpg Modern art | Post-Impressionism | Impressionism

Echo (Alexandre, 1887) Description: "Echo" by French painter Alexandre Cabanel. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Date: 1887 Author: Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)

The Return of Spring (Français : Le printemps) Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) Title: The Return of Spring (Français : Le printemps) Year: 1886 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 79.25 × 46.375 in (201.30 × 117.79 cm) Current location: Joslyn Art Museum http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Return_of_Spring_(1886).jpg This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or fewer. Paintings in the Joslyn Art Museum | Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Paintings of spring