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The Knitting Girl

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.

Max Resolution:701×1118 PX

Title:The Knitting Girl

Artists:William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Date:1869

Style:Academicism

Genre:portrait

Medium:oil,canvas

Location:Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha, NE, US

Dimensions:99×145 cm

Copyright:Public domain

The Knitting Girl (French: La Couseuse) is a painting by nineteenth-century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1869. The painting is also referred to as Knitting Anne due to the simplistic nature of the young woman portrayed in the painting. The painting is currently held in the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska in the United States.