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Bouguereau & America

Title

Bouguereau & America / edited by Tanya Paul, Stanton Thomas ; texts by Tanya Paul, Stanton Thomas, Eric Zafran, Martha Hoppin, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Catherine Sawinski.

Publication

Milwaukee, WI : Milwaukee Art Museum ; Memphis, TN : Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]
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Description

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

"Seeking to bring Gallic sophistication and worldly elegance into their galleries and drawing rooms, wealthy Americans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collected the work of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) in record numbers. This revelatory volume offers an in-depth exploration of Bouguereau's overwhelming popularity in turn-of-the-century America and the ways that his work--widely known from reviews, exhibitions, and inexpensive reproductions--resonated with the American public. While also lauded by the French artistic establishment and a dominant presence at the Parisian Salons, Bouguereau achieved his greatest success selling his idealized and polished paintings to a voracious American market. In this book, the authors discuss how the artist's sensual classical maidens, Raphaelesque Madonnas, and pristine peasant children embodied the tastes of American Gilded Age patrons, and how Bouguereau's canvases persuasively functioned as freshly painted Old Masters for collectors flush with new money"--

Alternative Title

Bouguereau and America

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions (note)

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Milwaukee Art Museum from February 15 to May 12, 2019, at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from June 22 to September 22, 2019, and at San Diego Museum of Art from November 9, 2019 to March 15, 2020.

Contents

Treasures of a millionaire's mansion: Bouguereau and his American collectors / Tanya Paul -- The good, the bad, and the ugly : Bouguereau and his American critics / Stanton Thomas -- Bouguereau in the museum : a selected survey / Eric Zafran -- "Not of the bold itinerant class" : Bouguereau's paintings of poor children / Martha Hoppin -- William-Adolphe Bouguereau : a problem for art history / Abigail Solomon-Godeau.

Call Number

JQG 19-351

ISBN

9780300241358
0300241356
9781938885105
1938885104

LCCN

2018040860

OCLC

1046471878

Title

Bouguereau & America / edited by Tanya Paul, Stanton Thomas ; texts by Tanya Paul, Stanton Thomas, Eric Zafran, Martha Hoppin, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Catherine Sawinski.

Publisher

Milwaukee, WI : Milwaukee Art Museum ; Memphis, TN : Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Milwaukee Art Museum from February 15 to May 12, 2019, at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from June 22 to September 22, 2019, and at San Diego Museum of Art from November 9, 2019 to March 15, 2020.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Paul, Tanya, editor.

Thomas, Stanton, editor.

Milwaukee Art Museum, organizer, host institution, issuing body.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, organizer, host institution, issuing body.

San Diego Museum of Art, host institution.

Yale University Press, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JQG 19-351

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