Author: Paris: Musee du Petit-Palais, Feb. 9 to May 6, 1984, also shown in Montreal and Hartford, CT
Title: William Bouguereau, 1825-1905
Description: 1984. Softcover. Color wraps. 265 pp. 15 color, 275 bw plates. Text is in French. This catalogue was published to accompany an exhibition which was organized by The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The preface is written by the three principle authors and organizers: Alexander V.J. Gaudieri, Therese Burollet, and Tracy Atkinson. There are 161 bw plates in the catalogue section (which lists 141 works) and 114 bw plates preceding the catalogue section, scattered throughout the essays. Color plates at front. Essays include Pompier Art (Burollet); Biography (Mark Steven Walker); Chronology (Walker); The Art of William Bouguereau (Gilles Chazal); Bouguereau At Work (Walker); Bouguereau The Decorator and Parisian Churches (Georges Brunel); Bouguereau and the Art Market In France (Louise D'Argencourt); Collecting Bouguereau in England and America (Robert Isaacson); Bouguereau and The Art of His Time (D'Argencourt). Extensive chapter footnotes follow the very detailed, wholly annotated catalogue. Bibliography, Index to Collections. In addition to his paintings, many of his working sketches and drawings were featured in this landmark exhibition. Very scarce. Text in French. VG .

Keywords: 20th Century; Art; French Art; Bouguereau; Excat; William Bouguereau; Kitsch ; Bouguereau, William Adolphe ; Art ; French Art


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