Artist

William Bouguereau

Works (2)

Young Mother Gazing at Her Child

1871

Breton Brother and Sister

1871

1825

NovWilliam Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, on November 30, 1825.¹

1846

MarWilliam Bouguereau arrived in Paris in March 1846, at the age of twenty.¹

1848

William Bouguereau joined the National Guard during the riots in Paris in 1848.¹

1877

William Bouguereau was married twice; his first wife, Nelly Monchablon, died in 1877.¹

1896

William Bouguereau married his second wife, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, in 1896.¹

1905

AugWilliam Bouguereau died in La Rochelle on August 19, 1905, at the age of 79.¹