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The Invasion: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Work Overview: The Invasion (The Wasp's Nest)
Le Guêpier
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Date 1892
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 212.7 cm x 152.4 cm

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) enjoyed his career as a french traditionalist at the time when Impressionism was just coming into its own. He was old school and his paintings look a little over-staged and greatly melodramatic to modern tastes. And yet, they are gorgeous. And better, this guy new his stuff.

Learn to learn from the greats even if you don’t like their style. Maybe you don’t like Picasso. But, you can learn something (quite a bit) about shape design from him.

Bouguereau knew composition. In our example here (The Invasion, 1892) we see the upside down triangle used to organized the many figures. Other than the little cherub on the grass that leads our eye into the main theme, all the bodies have been carefully, organically arranged into that triangle. It gives constancy, comfort, and an overall iconic quality to the piece.

Look through the old masters and find the many organizing shapes they used to compose with (usually, it was a common geometric shape) and then, try it in your own work.

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