Oread

ID: #9565 | Realism | People

Date: 1902

The painting depicts a scene rich in mythological symbolism. We see a group of nude nymphs dancing and levitating around water in a forest setting at dusk or dawn. In the foreground are two men seated with their backs to the viewer, watching the dancing nymphs. The figures exude dynamism and movement and the painting is executed in soft pastel colours with dominant tones of white, pink and green.

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Bouguereau painted picture Oread in 1902. 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.