[TradicalRC]

I worked at the MFA in Boston during the Renoir exhibit ('86-'87) and have had enough Renoir to last me a lifetime. I was blessed a few years earlier to catch the only exhibit of Bouguereau in this country at the Wadsworth Atheneum and have been a fan ever since.

[Republicanprofessor]

The interesting thing about Bougereau is that he was pretty much ignored until the feminist movement of the 1970s. Then the feminists reappraised the reputation of Rosa Bonheur, and then, with that, many of the other academic painters.

Bougereau Nymphs and Satyr (your favorite!) and Bonheur's Horse Fair

I'll still take the Guernica you posted over most Ingres and any Bougereau any time. However, Ingres' portraits are still stunning (and less distorted than his other nudes).

Ingres Mme. Riviere