Bouguereau, William

William Bouguereau digital cross stitch patterns.  1825-1905. William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French Academic painter and traditionalist. In his realist genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paints, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown