Bouguereau and America

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Bouguereau and America delves into the widespread acclaim of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's artwork in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book explores how affluent Americans, eager to imbue their homes with French elegance, avidly collected Bouguereau’s idealised classical figures, Raphaelesque Madonnas, and immaculate peasant children. Celebrated in French art circles and major Parisian exhibitions, Bouguereau's polished canvases found their most enthusiastic audience among Gilded Age American patrons whose tastes aligned with his refined style. This volume also examines the role his paintings played in presenting a fresh take on Old Master art to newly wealthy collectors.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in art history, especially the transatlantic reception of 19th-century French painting, collectors of Bouguereau's work, and those fascinated by American Gilded Age culture and art patronage.

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An in-depth exploration into the immense popularity of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s work in America throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Seeking to bring Gallic sophistication and worldly elegance into their galleries and drawing rooms, wealthy Americans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collected the work of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) in record numbers. This fascinating volume offers an in-depth exploration of Bouguereau’s overwhelming popularity in turn-of-the-century America and the ways that his work—widely known from reviews, exhibitions, and inexpensive reproductions—resonated with the American public. While also lauded by the French artistic establishment and a dominant presence at the Parisian Salons, Bouguereau achieved his greatest success selling his idealized and polished paintings to a voracious American market. In this book, the authors discuss how the artist’s sensual classical maidens, Raphaelesque Madonnas, and pristine peasant children embodied the tastes of American Gilded Age patrons, and how Bouguereau’s canvases persuasively functioned as freshly painted Old Masters for collectors flush with new money.

Published in association with the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Milwaukee Art Museum
(02/15/19–05/12/19)

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
(06/22/19–09/22/19)

San Diego Museum of Art
(11/09/19–03/15/20)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300241358

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 February 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 114 color illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Tanya Paul
Edited by Stanton Thomas
Contributions by Eric Zafran
Contributions by Martha Hoppin
Contributions by Abigail Solomon-Godeau
Contributions by Catherine Sawinski

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Tanya Paul is Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Stanton Thomas is curator of collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, Florida.