Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-08-21 | Page 7 | Artist Bougereau Dies at Rochelle

ARTIST BOTTGEBEAU DIES AT HOCHELLE. PARIS, Aug. 21. Announcement was received here today of the de'ath at Ro-chelle Ro-chelle of Adolphe William Bougereau, the painter. The news was received with universal regret in the American colony, where M. Bougereau waa greatly respected. re-spected. Bougereau married an American woman, Elizabeth J. Gardner. M. Bougereau had been a sufferer from heart disease the last two years and this was aggravated three months ago by a shock to his ijervous cyst em, sustained during a burglary In his Paris residence. At the ,-end of July the painter went to La Rochelle, hte birthplace, and' had been bedridden since. Despite his weakness caused by his illness ill-ness M. Bougereau retained consciousness conscious-ness until the end. During Saturday night he called for a notary and made final disposition of his estate. He died at midnight, surrounded by his family. The burial will be at , Mont Parnaese cemetery, ceme-tery, Paris, next Wednesday.