![]() ![]() He lived at the Villa Medici in Rome and studied Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Giotto's Paduan frescos, and those at San Francesco in Assisi. After several attempts, he finally won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1850. In 1846 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot (1786-1868). ![]() He lived with his uncle in Mortagne from 1845 until 1846, painted portraits of the local landowners, and saved enough money to move to Paris. By 1844 he had won the first prize for figure painting, which further encouraged him to pursue his art career. Bouguereau became a bookkeeper for another wine merchant in order to meet the cost of the school. The following year he was allowed to attend the École Municipale de Dessin et de Peinture, where he studied under Jean-Paul Alaux. In 1841 Bouguereau's father, a wine merchant, moved the family to Bordeaux. ![]() William Adolphe Bouguereau started drawing at an early age but did not take lessons until 1834, his first year in college in Pons, where his instructor was Louis Sage, who had been a pupil of Ingres (q.v.). ![]()
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