The Daily Painting: The Farmer's Daughter

Monday, April 12, 2010

The Farmer's Daughter

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Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau

(American, 1837-1922)

The Farmer's Daughter, 1876

Oil on canvas

I love the colors and the girl looks so pretty and graceful. She rather reminds me of a princess or worthy peasant maid in a fairy tale. Snow White perhaps?

You probably noticed that the style is a lot like William Adolphe Bouguereau's and they have the same last name. Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau was William Adolphe Bouguereau's student and later his wife!

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