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Artist Biographies:
Douleur d'amour (Pain d' love.1899)
Young Worker. (1869)
If you are thinking of using the images on this page, Please consider providing a link or making a small donation. This painting by William Bouguereau is one of many of his nude works. Titled Douleur d'amour (Pain d' love.1899) In the piece the subject is naked as is characteristic of most of Bouguereaus female studies. She is leaning on a bunch of roses characteristic of the type portrayed in an earlier work entitled Une âme au ciel. (1878) A soul in heaven. which are laying on top of an ornately carved pillar possibly erected as a marker for a lost loved one or perhaps just convenient to her mood. Her head is resting on her right arm while her left arm is resting on the roses. Could this be a portrayal of Flora the roman goddess of spring? Her body posture and facial expression depict a mournful sadness and apparent loss of will. Cupid is sitting at the base of the pillar rubbing tears from his eyes suggesting even more so that a truly tragic event has occurred. Perhaps the woman has been betrayed by, or has lost a loved one and is mournful of her loss. She is leaning on a plinth, . Her facial expression is one of sadness and quiet mournful desperation and she is leaning on a garland of roses The above account is my interpretation of the work and should in no way be taken as fact. Click on the picture to return to paintings.
Douleur d'amour (Pain d' love.1899) As I have mentioned in other works. It appeared that Bouguereau liked to use the same models for several of his works. I believe that the model in this work also appears in Biblis, Baigneuse (Bather),(1870) &Young Worker (1869)
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