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"Bouguereau & America" - Brand New Book-Illustrated - $30 (Colorado Springs)
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This is an in-depth exploration into the immense popularity of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s work and art here in America throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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 fascinating 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.
Brand new..I had wound up with two and have this one for sale > excellent brand-new condition and still in cellophane wrapper (has couiple small dents on top of outside cover ..but not bad).
Comes from a smoke free home.
These usually sell 50.00 and up in bookstores. please see my other listtings on Craiglist.