William-Adolphe Bouguereau

The Elder Sister – William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Elder Sister is a painting by a well-known French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. This work of art was completed by William in 1869. As a result of research made on this painting, it was found that the painting was anonymously given to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston as a gift in 1992. According to the museum, this was a gift of an anonymous lady in memory of her father. Since then this amazing work of art has been a part of the permanent collection

and Online Museum Essay Bibliography: "William-Adolphe Bouguereau Biography." Bouguereau Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bouguereau.org/biography.html>. "MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister." MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. <http://www.mfah.org/art/100-highlights/Elder-Sister-Bouguereau/>. Online Museum Essay William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) The Elder Sister, 1869 Oil on canvas

artworks the painting Tricoteuse (The Knitter) by the French painter William Adolphe Bouguereau, and the painting Daphnis and Chole by the American painter Elizabeth Jane Gardner. Bouguereau’s painting of the knitter was of a young girl in the Middle Eastern time period. This piece was painted in 1879. This painting was made from oil on canvas. There were several different but similar versions of the young knitting girl made by Bouguereau. The content of this

became known to be one of the best painters in the world. He painted countless religious paintings, one of his masterpiece was the Sistine Chapel which was painted on the ceiling in the Vatican in Italy. During the realism era(18th century), William-Adolphe Bouguereau rose to fame due to his realistic paintings and the message he portrayed in his paintings. A well known art piece of his was The First Mourning created in 1888. Although these two paintings have the same subject, it is clear that the Sistine

Texas the painting “The Elder Sister” done by the famous painter William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1869 is known at the museum for being an anonymous gift given to the museum in the year 1992. When one take a trip to the museum to view this painting one gets this feeling of adoration. The painting between the two siblings gives out a caring and calm perspective. A reason one can get this feeling of the painting created by Bouguereau is because it shows on how the elder sister has the passion of caring

The Young Shepherdess was painted in 1885 by William Adolphe Bouguereau on a 62 by 28 and a half inch canvas with oil paint, and is currently owned by the San Diego Museum of Art, given as a gift to the museum in 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Larsen (“The Young Shepherdess”, 2014). The painting depicts a young woman tending to her flock of sheep. The young woman in this painting appears to be a typical youth, she is assigned what are most likely her chores for the day, to watch over this flock

Jasmine McLean Professor Jeff Whelan GE 130-04 Art Appreciation October 26, 2015 Henri Matisse Matisse was born Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France on December 31, 1869 to his mother and father Anna Heloise Gerard and Emile Hippolyte Matisse. He was the first son of the couple. Matisse's father was a grain merchant and his mother made hats and painted China. He grew up in nearby Bohain-en-Vermandois until the age of ten, when his father sent him to St. Quentin for high school

Henri Emile-Benoit Matisse, a well-known French influential artist, was born on December 31, 1869 in LeCateau-Cambresis, France. He was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draughtsman, but he was more successful as a painter. Most of the time, his paintings are usually nudes, figures in landscapes, portraits, interior views, and his exaggerated form to express emotions made him a successful artist in the 20th century. He had many other artists that influenced him like Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin

centuries. Oils and watercolor paints are two popular painting mediums that is widely used by countless artists. Painters such as Charles Demuth, Thomas Eakins, and Georgia O’Keeffe were rather famous for their watercolor paintings while William Adolphe Bouguereau, Andy Warhol, and John Lafarge were popular for their oil paintings. These two paint types, both illustrate ideas, but through differing effects of whichever paint option used, whether it be watercolors or oil paints. Watercolors are generally

Introduction: This essay's focus is on how Cleopatra and the threat she posed to Rome are described by contrasting and comparing the writings of historian Cassius Dio and poet Horace. The passages centre on the hostilities between Cleopatra and Rome, Octavian and Cleopatra's suicide. Subsequently written many years after the events, therefore their validity cannot be verified as true and accurate. Commentary will be on how both extracts bolster and support, for the most part, the contemporary unfavourable