Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Wave (1896)


The Wave (1896)
La Vague
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Completion Date: 1896
Style: Neoclassicism
Technique: oil
Material: canvas
Dimensions: 121 x 160.5 cm

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body.

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