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Elizabeth Jane (Gardner) Bouguereau

Elizabeth Jane (Gardner) Bouguereau (1837 - 1922) was active/lived in New Hampshire / France.  Elizabeth Bouguereau is known for Allegorical figure, genre and animal painting.

One of the first American women artists to break the female barrier at the Academie Julian* in Paris, Elizabeth Bouguereau is credited with opening the French ateliers to females.  She was also the first American woman to exhibit and also to win a medal at the Paris Salon*.  Ironically she spent most of her career painting in the style of her husband and mentor, French academician William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).  She also stopped painting during her married years, 1896 to 1905, but after that produced at least four major paintings a year until she was disabled by rheumatism.

Elizabeth Bouguereau was noted for her idealized, allegorical figure and genre subjects in a smoothly modeled style that reminded some viewers of painting on china.  Her themes were that of nobility, sweetness, and sentimentality.

She was born in Exeter, New Hampshire and graduated in 1856 from Lasell Seminary in Auburndale, Massachusetts, where she received proper ladies   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3686 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Elizabeth Jane (Gardner) Bouguereau

   Elizabeth Jane (Gardner) Bouguereau  Born:  1837 - Exeter, New Hampshire
Died:   1922 - St. Cloud, France
Known for:  Allegorical figure, genre and animal painting
Name variants:  Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Elizabeth Gardner-Bougereau

One of the first American women artists to break the female barrier at the Academie Julian* in Paris, Elizabeth Bouguereau is credited with opening the French ateliers to females.  She was also the first American woman to exhibit and also to win a medal at the Paris Salon*.  Ironically she spent most of her career painting in the style of her husband and mentor, French academician William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).  She also stopped painting during her married years, 1896 to 1905, but after that produced at least four major paintings a year until she was disabled by rheumatism.

Elizabeth Bouguereau was noted for her idealized, allegorical figure and genre subjects in a smoothly modeled style that reminded some vi  ...  Displaying 750 of 3686 characters.

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