PITTSBURGH, PENN. — The exhibition, “In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students,” will be on view July 7–October 7 at The Frick Art Museum.

In his lifetime, French Academic artist William Bou-guereau (1825–1905) was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world, and he was one of the most commercially successful. His highly finished, startlingly crisp renderings of idealized pastoral and mythological scenes were popular worldwide, and many crossed the Atlantic to join American collections.

Bouguereau was also a devoted teacher and mentor whose studio attracted thousands of aspiring artists. During the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, he provided instruction and criticism to well over 200 American students, most of whom attended private Académie Julian in Paris.

Bouguereau was also instrumental in getting the doors to the academies opened to female students. To train with Bouguereau was to receive a solid foundation in drawing and painting the figure from life, and also, if successful, to gain access to the higher levels of the art world.

This exhibition, the first to examine Bouguereau’s role as an influential teacher, features paintings, drawings and prints by Bouguereau and some of his most prominent American students, including Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), Minerva Chapman (1858–1947), Eanger Irving Couse (1866–1936), Elizabeth Gardner (1837–1922), Robert Henri (1865–1929), Anna Klumpke (1856–1942).

This exhibition is organized by The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Okla. A fully illustrated color catalog will accompany the exhibition.

The museum is at 7227 Reynolds Street in Point Breeze. For more information, 412-371-0600 or www.frickart.org.