Several weeks back , reader Johnny Cat suggested Bouguereau ’s painting for " ˜Feel Art Again . ' Adolphe William Bouguereau ’s " A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros" seems a good painting for today , Valentine ’s Day , so let ’s delve the right way in .
1 . Adolphe William Bouguereau was an artist who managed to achieve expectant achiever during his own life . His painting were pop with American millionaire , who spent large sums of money on obtaining original Bougueraus , and it is said thatEdgar DegasandClaude Monetonce list him " most probable to be remembered as the greatest 19th - century French painter by the year 2000.“ He exhibit in the Paris Salons for more than 50 years . However , Bouguereau ’s success was n’t always such a sure affair : he was the 99thof 100 bookman accepted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1846 .
2 . Bouguereau received his first draught lessons at eld 13 from Louis Sage , a bookman of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ( previously featuredon " ˜Feel Art Again ' ) .
3 . pay for his education hard for Bouguereau . While at the Ecole des Beaux Arts , he made ending fit by bookkeeping for a vino merchant and design recording label for kettle of fish and preserves .
4 . After demonstrators invaded the National Assembly in May 15 , Bouguereau enlisted in the National Guard . The following month , he fought in the Revolution ( of 1848 ) alongside fellow creative person Isidore Pils .
5 . In 1905 , Bouguereau ’s house and studio apartment in Paris were burgled during a string of burglaries in the vicinity . The burglary is believed to have exasperate Bouguereau ’s heart disease , with which he had already been sputter . A few months after the burglary , he buckle under to his warmness disease and passed away on August 19 .
A big edition of the painting is availablehere .
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