William-Adolphe Bouguereau | The two sisters, 1877

Wlliam-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) French painter, a dominant figure in his nation’s Academic painting during the second half of the 19th century. For biographical notes and earlier works by Bouguereau see Part 1.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Moissonneuse / The Harvester, 1875

In his own time, William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] ⎆ was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world by the Academic art community, and simultaneously he was reviled by the avant-garde.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Bouguereau see:

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Academic painter ⎆.

Virgilio Tojetti | Genre painter

Virgilio Tojetti (1851-1901), the son of the painter Domenico Tojetti (1807-1892), was born in Rome, Italy.

Tojetti was a pupil of his father and later studied in Paris with Gérôme and Bouguereau.

He was a resident of San Francisco from 1871 until about 1883 when he moved to New York City.

He became popular in the East as a painter of Genre scenes and frescoes. Tojetti died of Bright's disease in New York City on March 26, 1901.

Céline Brossard, 1960 | Abstract Mixed media painter

Born in Montreal, Celine Brossard devotes herself completely to her career in painting from her studio in the Laurentians.
Astonishingly prolific, her creative energy takes her successively from the medieval era to present days through her feminine portraits in continuous metamorphose. Whether it be women trapped, models or urban, they are witnesses of their time vacillating between seduction and their profound worries concerning their hindered freedom.

Aureliu Prodan, 1968

Aureliu Prodan was born in the family of the paintings conservator, Serafim Prodan from Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

He received his first art lessons from his father.

Since he was a child, he loved going to the Art Museum where his father worked, to admire the exhibited paintings.