Probably one of my most favourite artists has to be William Adolphe Bouguereau.
Who was born in
La Rochelle France on November 30th 1825.
Since starting this site and learning more and more about art and artists
as a result of the research I do, I always find myself stopping to view his work whenever I
stumble across it. I am no art expert and until recently knew very little about
the subject but there is something about the way he
portrays his subjects, especially the female form and his brilliant use of
colour that seems to hypnotise me and holds my gaze.
I have viewed several works by other artists but for me none of them seem to
be able to capture the personality of the subject like Bouguereau.
One piece by a Czech born artist
Joseph Tomanek held my attention, and for a moment I believed
I had found another work by Bouguereau. The Piece was entitled
Nude in a Landscape
c1920 in which the subject appears to be laying on a blanket with her feet on
the edge of a bank or slope. The way she is posed and the similarity in the
colours used for her skin tone and the surrounding foliage really had me
guessing.