Realistic portrait in acrylic of the French painter William Bouguereau with his his painting The Little Shepherdess, painted by the artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 120 x 90 cm and available for sale.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Paris, November 30, 1825 - there, August 19, 1905) was a French painter. He used mythological themes in his realistic genre paintings, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his lifetime, he enjoyed considerable popularity in France and the United States, received numerous official honors and received top awards for his work. As the typical 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, in part due to changing tastes. In the 1980s, a resurgence of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work. He completed 822 known paintings, but the whereabouts of many remain unknown.
For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique.
At that time (1980) the tendency..
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