Stand with women artists and be recognized!

Give by March 31, and we’ll include your name on our 2026 Honor Roll.    

Donate Now
Two women standing and smiling in front of a framed painting in a gallery. One has curly gray hair, wearing a patterned skirt; the other has straight brown hair, wearing a sleeveless top.
NMWA Tickets
National Museum of Women in the Arts

Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
Back to all blog posts

5 Fast Facts: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
Posted: July 8, 2020
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
Realistic painting depicts a light-skinned young man with dark curly hair, wearing a white tunic, set before distant mountains. He is kneeling victoriously atop a fearsome dead lion, clutching a serene lamb his right arm and gesturing heavenward with his left arm.

Art Fix Friday: July 10, 2015
Posted: July 10, 2015
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: June 26, 2015
Posted: June 26, 2015
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: June 12, 2015
Posted: June 12, 2015
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Women with Wanderlust
Posted: June 10, 2015
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
During the press preview for Super Natural, NMWA Chief Curator Kathryn Wat stressed one fact above all others about featured artist Maria Sibylla Merian: this woman was radical. Not only...
A detailed engraving portrays a large, black and tan lizard with a white belly in precise detail. Facing right and positioned over a green surface and a hatching egg, the reptile bites a long, red and black snake attacking another egg and curling around the lizard's tail.

Art Fix Friday: June 5, 2015
Posted: June 5, 2015
Category: Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.