BOUGUEREAU (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) Part 2/2 (HD)

Part 1: Part 2: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, a French academic painter, lived from November 30th, 1825 to August 19th, 1905. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. We have provided extensive information about this super talented and famous artist in our first video of this 2-part video series. If you didn’t watch it yet, we recommend that you do so. William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, on November 30th,1825. In spite of his very successful professional life, his personal life wasn’t that glamorous. In 1856, William began living with one of his models, Nelly Monchablon, a 19-year-old from Lisle-en-Rigault. They lived together out of wedlock and kept their liaison a secret. They had three children Henriette, Georges, and Jeanne. Ten years later, the couple quietly married on May