[Leica] IMG: Bouguereau & America Show

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The superb first image is my pick, followed by the third one.

I have never heard of the painter, and this sort of work does not appeal to
me at all, and the highly allegorical mythological subject matter does not
help in the understanding, either. The paintings look like the typical
salon stuff that was being churned out in the mid 19th century, and we
really have to thank this sort of paint-by-numbers, sanitized stuff for the
dynamic, innovative art that followed as a reaction,  Impressionism and
beyond, so it could not have all been bad.

Cheers
Jayanand



On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:02 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com>
wrote:

> In the last week I went to the William-Adolphe Bouguereau exhibit at the
> Milwaukee Art Museum twice.  First pushing Kathryn in a wheelchair (she's
> recovering from her second knee replacement), and then by myself.  Here are
> a few wide shots and some details of the painting technique.  Can be
> viewed large.
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> --
> Alan
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> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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