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Flight of Love by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

    Flight of Love by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

    Flight of Love by William-Adolphe Bouguereau was created in 1901. The painting is in Frye Art Museum, Seattle. The size of the work is 160,6 x 104,7 cm and is made as an oil on canvas

    About the Artist: French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle. At the age of twelve, Bouguereau went to Mortagne-sur-Gironde to stay with his uncle Eugène, a priest, and developed a love of nature, religion and literature. In 1839, he was sent to study for the priesthood at a Catholic college in Pons. Here he was taught to draw and paint by Louis Sage, who had studied under Ingres. Bouguereau reluctantly left his studies to return to his family, now residing in Bordeaux. Bouguereau became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts… Read more



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