Sujet
A Calling, 1896. Creator: William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905).
Légende
A Calling, 1896. Seated on a stone step in the countryside, a young girl has realized that her calling in life is to be an artist. Bouguereau was famous for his innovative depictions of children. In 1900 a critic wrote, "[F]ew artists have represented childhood with more tenderness, charm, and spirit than Bouguereau . . . [H]e has invented the most picturesque, the most pleasing, the most original scenes of an almost endless variety." Bouguereau was no less famous for his remarkably life-like images. Here he convincingly captures the girl's rough clothing, soft skin, and intense gaze. Bouguereau painted this work in La Rochelle, a harbor city on France's west coast. During the later years of his life, Bouguereau?by then wealthy and famous?made a habit of spending summers in La Rochelle. There the artist lived in a mansion he owned near the port, working in a greenhouse he had converted into a studio or in the countryside. While in La Rochelle, Bouguereau chose his models from among farm workers, families of local fishermen, or his own servants.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F67_403
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
116,9Mo (4,1Mo) / 44,5cm x 65,9cm / 5252 x 7780 (300dpi)