The Shepherdess by William-Adolphe Bouguereau Print

Enhance your space with a print of The Shepherdess by William-Adolphe Bouguereau from the Philbrook Art & Gardens collection. This work is reproduced upon demand using a museum approved high resolution image, printed on matte finish fine art paper surrounded by a white border. Please select your preferred size from the options below and a print will be custom made to your order. 

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825–1905, was a French academic painter and traditionalist. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde. By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown. A staunch traditionalist whose genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects, both pagan and Christian, with a concentration on the naked female human body. The idealized world of his paintings, brought to life goddesses, nymphs, bathers, shepherdesses, and madonnas.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905). The Shepherdess (Pastourelle), 1889. Oil on canvas, 62 3/4 × 37". Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gift of Laura A. Clubb, 1947.8.82.