Adolphe-William Bouguereau
1825 – 1905
La Rochelle, France
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.
--Shakespeare
Still life, forms and images painted
on a canvass raises in the mind
of the beholder
great conceptions
it strengthens consciousness
advances praise into rapture
for the single reason that we understand
their true worth as creations
by ready mortal hands
who worked in obedience to their minds
as if transported with some fit of passion
for every stroke of the brush...
-betterthanbare
Paintings speak to
every memory...
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| The Conversion of St Paul, 1552 abbate006. |
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| Seated Nude, 1884 boug001.jp |
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| Biblis, 1884 boug002.jp |
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| Labriedu Printemps boug003.jp |
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| Night, 1883 boug004.jp |
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| Breakfast in the Garden.jpg Giuseppe de Nittis 1846 - 1884 Barletta, Italy |
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| Allegory of Lust-detai |
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| Execution of the Mata Hari Oct. 15 1917 Fully Clothed.jp Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 1876 - 1917 Leeuwarden |
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| Fernande Barrey Painting by Pablo Picasso.jp Fernande Olivier Amélie Lang 1881 - 1966 Paris, France |
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| The Harem Bath gerome001. Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824 - 1904 Vésoul, France |
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| Pygmalion and Galatea gerome002. Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824 - 1904 Vésoul, France |
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| Old House, 1856 hugo003.jp Victor Hugo 1802 - 1885 Besançon, France |
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| Study of an Eagle, 1855 hugo004.jp Victor Hugo 1802 - 1885 Besançon, France |
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| Nevermore, 1897 img_gaugui Paul Gauguin 1848 - 1903 Paris, France |
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| Odalisque and Slave, 1839 ingres005. Jean-Augus 1780 - 1867 Montauban, France |
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| Hero Finding Leander, c1892 keller001. Ferdinand Keller 1842 - 1922 Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| A Nymph Drinking At A Spring, 1907 keller005. Ferdinand Keller 1842 - 1922 Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| Die Musik; Music I, 1895 klimt005. Gustave Klimt 1862 - 1918 Baumgarten |
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| L ' Indolence. |
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| Love's Labour Lost, 1885 long004.jp Edwin Longsden Long 1829 - 1891 Bath, England |
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| Mata Hari Dance of the Seven Veils.jpg Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 1876 - 1917 Leeuwarden |
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| Mata Hari Ornate Costume.jp Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 1876 - 1917 Leeuwarden |
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| mata Seven Veils 2.jpg Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 1876 - 1917 Leeuwarden |
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| Ornate Egyptian 2.jpg |
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| Pan and Psyche 1872-4.jpg |
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| Seven Veils 3.jpg Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 1876 - 1917 Leeuwarden |
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| Sunset at St. Charles Eragny 1891.jpg Camille Pissarro 1830 - 1903 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands |
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| The beauty and butterfly 1870.jpg Ferdinand Keller 1842 - 1922 Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| The Date Seller.jpg Edwin Longsden Long 1829 - 1891 Bath, England |
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| The Eastern Favorite.j Edwin Longsden Long 1829 - 1891 Bath, England |
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| The Kiss 1907 Gustave Klimt 1862 - 1918 Baumgarten |
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| An Algerian and her Slave, 1862 tissier001 Ange Tissier 1814 - 1876 Paris, France |
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| Venus Jouant avec L'Amour.jp |
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| Water Carriers Of The Ganges weeks003.j Edwin Lord Weeks 1849-1903 Boston, USA |
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| Two Nautch Girls, Sketch weeks005.j Edwin Lord Weeks 1849-1903 Boston, USA |
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| Wheel of Fortune.jp |
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| Safie, One of the Three Ladies of Bagdad, 1900 wontner002 William Clarke Wontner 1857 - 1930 London, England |
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| Egyptian Beauty wontner003 William Clarke Wontner 1857 - 1930 London, England |
*original post 8/4/08
*tallulahs.com
