Breton girl with brother

Date: 1871
Medium: oil on canvas

The painting depicts a young woman in traditional dress holding a small child. The woman is wearing a white cap and a red scarf, a white blouse, and a deep red skirt over which she has a striped apron. The child in her arms is wearing a pink dress and a light green scarf or waistcoat. Both figures are placed in a natural setting, probably in a forest or at the edge of a forest. The expressions on their faces suggest peace and tranquility.

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Bouguereau painted picture Breton girl with brother in 1871. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). French academic painter. In his choice of topics, he was a traditionalist: he painted mythological scenes and modern interpretations of Classicist themes (with an emphasis on painting the female body). Bouguereau admired Raphael, and even gave him one of his paintings. In his time, he was considered one of the finest painters, even abroad. At the end of his career, his paintings began to seem too traditionalist, with techniques embedded in the past. In some encyclopaedias, his name even ceased to appear. To date, however, we can consider some of his works beautiful and inspiring.