The Return of Spring

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The Return of Spring
French: Le Printemps
ArtistWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau
Year1886 (1886)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions201.3 cm × 117.8 cm (79.3 in × 46.4 in)
LocationJoslyn Art Museum

The Return of Spring (French: Le Printemps) is an oil painting on canvas by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau created in 1886. It is among the more well-known of his works. It is now in the collection of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and was acquired in 1951 as the gift of Francis T. B. Martin. The painting was brought to Omaha by George W. Lininger shortly after it was completed.[1] Lininger was an art collector and private gallery owner who routinely opened his gallery to the public for no charge.[1]

The painting was physically attacked twice – in 1890 and in 1976. Both times, damage was minimal. The attackers were offended by the painting's overtly sensual nudity.[citation needed]

A replica of the painting appeared in the ballroom scene at the Beaufort home in the 1993 film, The Age of Innocence (though the film takes place in the 1870s, years before the painting was created).

See also

William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery

References

  1. ^ a b "Lininger Gallery a Dream Come True". The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, NE. 4 March 1927. p. 8. George W. Lininger, Whose Widow Died Thursday, Had Ambition to Stimulate Art in West - Gallery Opened in 1888

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