William Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body.
-William Bouguereau - Realism Movement 1825-1905
About William Bouguereau: The French academic Artist,William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825.In his own time, William Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world by the Academic art community. One of William Bouguereau Paintings called The Birth of Venus is his best known works.