William-Adolphe Bouguereau

The following is established of the heading itself.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q483992. The same evidence establishes that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded with the citizenship of France.

The following is established of origins and background.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded at birth as Adolphe Williams Bouguereau. William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in 1825 at La Rochelle. William-Adolphe Bouguereau died in 1905 at La Rochelle.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is classed in the genre figure painting. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is classed in the genre mythological painting. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is associated with academic art. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is associated with Pont-Aven School.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by VIAF under the identifier 41966603. Institutional cataloguing adds that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by ISNI under the identifier 0000000121298561. The record continues: william-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) under the identifier 119375702. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Library of Congress under the identifier n85059001.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Getty Union List of Artist Names under the identifier 500011205. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Bibliothèque nationale de France under the identifier 12758427r. The same evidence establishes that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by IdRef under the identifier 027752550. Institutional cataloguing adds that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by MusicBrainz under the identifier 894cb191-d30b-496d-a767-c323ee3cf417.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Discogs under the identifier 2240876. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is registered by Social Networks and Archival Context under the identifier w6jd5fr2. The same evidence establishes that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is documented in 63 language editions of the general reference literature. Institutional cataloguing adds that william-Adolphe Bouguereau is also recorded as William Bouguereau; Adolphe William Bouguereau; William Adolphe Bouguereau; Adolphe-William Bouguereau; w.m bouguereau; Bougereau.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 39 works under this heading. It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. It is also recorded that the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 5 works under this heading.

The First Mourning is dated 1888 and held by National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina (inventory 2770). The Return of Spring is dated 1886 and held by Joslyn Art Museum (inventory 1951.889). Institutional cataloguing adds that the Shepherdess is dated 1889 and held by Philbrook Museum of Art (inventory 1947.8.82). Institutional cataloguing adds that pietà is dated 1876 and held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/11dddb0a88b22dc6ecfae3a5b6f249fd.

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 19 objects associated with this name. It is also recorded that musée d'Orsay records 11 objects associated with this heading. Dahesh Museum of Art records 4 objects associated with this heading. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux records 3 objects associated with this heading.

Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that national Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina records 2 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that joslyn Art Museum records 2 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that clark Art Institute records 2 objects associated with this heading.

Art Institute of Chicago records 2 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that national Museum of Western Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts records 2 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 19 objects associated with this heading.

The Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Cleveland Museum of Art records 7 objects associated with this heading. Arion on a Sea Horse (1855) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that the Virgin and Child is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair) (1855) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that rest (1879) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows.

DataCite Commons publishes 16 deposited research records for this heading. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded as having received Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

This entry is compiled from 14 catalogued sources across 10 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Allen Institute for AI, DOAJ, Internet Archive and DataCite. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. training under François-Édouard Picot is recorded. Pierre Auguste Cot, Emilie Desjeux and Elizabeth Jane Gardner are recorded as having studied under William-Adolphe Bouguereau. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, figure and mythological. The authority associates the name with academic art and Pont-Aven School.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Rome. Residence is recorded at Hôtel particulier, 15 rue Verdière, La Rochelle. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Positions recorded include chairperson. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts and Fondation Taylor.

Works named in the authority record are Dawn, The Birth of Venus, The First Mourning and Dante and Virgil in Hell.

Work by William-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and National Gallery of Canada.

Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.