The Paintings of William Bouguereau - 220 gorgeous hi-resolution Printable images of women, girls, nudes, cherubs by a true Victorian master. (Lunagirl Images Fine Art and Illustration Series)

We have long enjoyed the exquisite paintings of Bouguereau, and have introduced many of our customers to his art in our Victorian image collections. Now we are pleased to offer this original compilation of beautiful, high-resolution images carefully organized and professionally presented on CD for your enjoyment!

Gorgeous in color & detail - beautiful for altered art, decoupage, paper piecing and collage, transparencies, scrapbooking, tags, journals, framed prints, fabric transfers, jewelry, and lovely cards. All paintings have titles and most have dates.

William Bouguereau, born in France in 1825, was one of the most successful and popular painters of the second half of the 19th century. His works express perhaps better than any other's the values of classical French academic art: exquisite drawing and masterful perspective, rich coloration, dramatic yet harmonious composition, and classical and realistic subjects masterfully modeled. His technical skill is unquestionable. Yet these very qualities represent much of what the then-new school of Impressionism rebelled against, and Bouguereau's work, dismissed and scorned as academic; fell into near obscurity for many years after his death.

In recent decades, Bouguereau has been rediscovered by art historians, curators, and buyers. Museums display his work and his paintings bring ever-higher prices at auction. Those who love this artist's work appreciate the tenderness with which he portrayed children and young women, his subtle revelation of personality and mood, his glowing colors, his lovely angels and graceful nudes, and the astonishingly realistic yet delicately transcendent quality of the images he created.

Bouguereau was a disciplined and prolific artist, known to have created over 700 finished paintings in his long lifetime. He painted, sketched, and planned tirelessly and passionately, and was also a devoted teacher. Among his many achievements, one rarely mentioned is his role in opening the French art academies to women artists. He died in 1905.

LICENSE & TERMS OF USE: These digital images are offered under license. Purchase of this CD is purchase of a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the digital images in accordance with our terms of use, and ownership of the digital images themselves remains with SummertownSun Publishing. Buyer (the licensee) may print these images for personal non-commercial use. You MAY use up to ten images as many times as you like on hand-made items for sale. Most other commercial uses are prohibited or limited. The digital images themselves may not be resold, shared, uploaded, or otherwise redistributed, for free or for profit, in any printed or digital format without written permission.