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Sorry for the late start...I should have preplanned and posted this *before* Lent started! 
***I'll give the brief "nudity warning" here, lol....there is lots of adult and infant/child nudity in Bouguereau's paintings. Just in case you want to preview the sites before showing your kids. ***
William Bouguereau was born on Nov 30, 1825, in France, and baptized 5 years later as a Catholic. Apparently he was a prolific artist, even in his school days, with his friends commenting on his numerous drawings. Due to financial hardships, William was sent to live with his uncle Eugene, a Catholic priest.
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| Eugène became his surrogate father and mentor, sharing with the young man his love of Latin and French literature and encouraging him to develop an interest in classical culture-an interest that the painter continued to pursue his whole life. Of course, religious instruction was not neglected and William spent hours reading the Gospels and Lives of the Saints. He also had ample leisure for daydreaming; stretched out on the grass, observing the flora and fauna, the passage of clouds, or the heavenly bodies in the evening. |
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Sounds positively Charlotte Masonish, doesn't it?? :)
At age 17, after rejoining his family, William entered the Bordeaux municipal art school part time, progressing quickly. In April of 1846, Bouguereau was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts. He regularly ranked among the best in the school.
Bouguereau continued his success in several paying ventures throughout the next 20 years or so as he raised his family. Two hauntingly beautiful paintings, The Pietà and The Comforting Virgin, were painted after the death of his 16 year old son. Two years later, both his wife and their new infant son died. He did remarry, although it was many years later, after his own mother died, due to a promise he had made her.
He passed away in August of 1905 after a long and successful artistic career.
Some links about Bouguereau
More links from Artcyclopedia
I am going to focus on his religious paintings for Lent, but there are numbers of other beautiful works out there (see some of the links above).
Pictures to follow!
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La Vierge aux Anges [The Virgin with Angels]
Oil on canvas, 1881
84 x 60 inches (213.4 x 152.4 cm)
Museum at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale
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Flagellation de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ [The Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ]
Oil on canvas, 1880
121 5/8 x 83 3/8 inches (309 x 212 cm)
Cathedral of La Rochelle, La Rochelle
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Pietà
Oil on canvas, 1876
90 1/2 x 58 1/4 inches (230 x 148 cm)
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas
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La Madone aux Roses [The Madonna of the Roses]
Oil on canvas, 1903
51 1/8 x 35 5/8 inches (130 x 90.5 cm)
The Gould Mansion Tarrytown, New York City
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Le voeu [The Vow]
Alternate Title: The Thank Offering
Oil on canvas, 1867
57 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (147 x 108 cm)
Private collection
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Thanks, Amy. They are beautiful choices. I'm familiar with some of the paintings, but not the artist, so this well be very informative.
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