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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

1825 - 1905

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French pronunciation: [wiljam adɔlf buɡ(ə)ʁo]; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life, he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William-Adolphe Bouguereau has received more than 1,984,435 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). William-Adolphe Bouguereau is the 104th most popular painter (down from 101st in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from France (down from 297th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Painter.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau is most famous for his paintings of mythological and biblical scenes.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William-Adolphe Bouguereau ranks 104 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio da Correggio, Lisa del Giocondo, Filippo Lippi, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Bronzino. After him are Vittore Carpaccio, Matthias Grünewald, Claude Lorrain, Guido Reni, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Georges de La Tour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, William-Adolphe Bouguereau ranks 3. Before him are Johann Strauss II, and Pedro II of Brazil. After him are Thomas Henry Huxley, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jean-Martin Charcot, Johann Jakob Balmer, Charles Garnier, Paul Kruger, Emil Erlenmeyer, Marie of Prussia, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Among people deceased in 1905, William-Adolphe Bouguereau ranks 2. Before him is Jules Verne. After him are Muhammad Abduh, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernst Abbe, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Per Teodor Cleve, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In France

Among people born in France, William-Adolphe Bouguereau ranks 309 out of 6,770. Before him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), John I of France (1316), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), René Goscinny (1926), and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748). After him are Constantine II (316), Chlothar I (498), Raymond Poincaré (1860), Claude Lorrain (1600), Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), and Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, William-Adolphe Bouguereau ranks 30. Before him are Berthe Morisot (1841), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Honoré Daumier (1808), Francis Picabia (1879), Paul Signac (1863), and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684). After him are Claude Lorrain (1600), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Georges de La Tour (1593), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Fouquet (1420), and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699).

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