Background
Bouguereau, Elizabeth Jane Gardner was born in 1837 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of George and Jane (Lowell) Gardner.
Bouguereau, Elizabeth Jane Gardner was born in 1837 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of George and Jane (Lowell) Gardner.
Graduate Auburndale (Massachusetts) Seminary, 1856. Studied in Paris, France, under Barye, Bouquereau and Lefebvre. Hors concours at Salon Artistes Francaise.
Specializes in ideal figure pieces. Principal works: Cornelia and Her Jewels. Cinderella (exhibited at Paris Salon, 1872).
Corinne (Paris, 1874).
Moses in the Bulrushes, 1878. Maud Muller, 1879; Fortune Teller, Corinne, Medal, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876.
Address: 75 Notre Dame des Champs, Paris, France.
Married William Bouguereau, of Paris, 1896 (died 1905).