Bouguereau 2016 Large Calendar

Bouguereau Calendar 2016 Large William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905) was one of the greatest, most famous and renowned artists of the academic classical realist movement of art that was extremely popular in late 19th century France. Trained in the long traditions of realism and classical art, Bouguereau rose to enormous notoriety in the establishment Salon exhibitions of Paris. The artist painted a range of subjects from solemn, heartfelt religious and Christian subjects, to classical mythology, to tender, poignant genre paintings and portraits of women and children. Bouguereau was later overshadowed by the emergence of modern and abstract painting of the 20th century and his reputation fell into great decline. In recent years the artist has gained enormous popularity once again as his undeniable artistic and technical accomplishments are clearly evident in the large body of timeless masterpieces that he produced in a long, lucrative art career. The Bouguereau calendar features a dozen of the large number of amazing paintings that the artist exhibited to great acclaim. Perhaps his most famous painting, the moving religious masterpiece Pieta, is featured on the cover of our calendar. Each reproduction is formatted to show as much of the amazing composition and technique of Bouguereau's master paintings, printed in amazing high-resolution colour on a custom toned background. The Bouguereau calendar is a unique gift for any fan of classical academic painting, and sure to be a treasured gift for the art lover in your life. The Bouguereau art masterpieces included are: January: Portrait of Gabrielle Cot, 1890 February: The Crab, 1869 March: The Cherry Branch, 1881 April: Child Braiding a Crown, 1874 May: Girl with a Pomegranate, 1875 June: The Little Shepherdess, 1889 July: L'Eveil du Coeur (The Heart's Awakening), 1892 August: The Nut Gatherers (Les Noisettes), 1882 September: Knitting Woman (Detail), 1869 October: The Harvester, 1868 November: The Broken Pitcher, 1891 December: Pieta, 1876