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Artist: Francois Boucher (French 1703-1770)

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Francois Boucher, Odalisque Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Odalisque
Francois Boucher, Landscape near Beauvais Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Landscape near Beauvais
Francois Boucher, Rinaldo and Armida Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Rinaldo and Armida
Francois Boucher, Le Dejeuner Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Le Dejeuner
Francois Boucher, La Marchande de Modes Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
La Marchande de Modes
Francois Boucher, Leda and the Swan Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Leda and the Swan
Francois Boucher, Mme. De Pomadour Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Mme. De Pomadour
Francois Boucher, Nude Girl Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Nude Girl
Francois Boucher, Diana after the Bath Fine Art Reproduction Oil Painting
Diana after the Bath
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Boucher, Francois
1703-1770

Boucher, Francois Biography

French painter, noted for his pastoral and mythological scenes, whose work embodies the frivolity and sensuousness of the rococo style.

Francois Boucher, the son of a designer of lace, was born in Paris. In 1723 Francois Boucher won the Prix de Rome; he studied in Rome from 1727 to 1731. After his return to France, he created hundreds of oil paintings, decorative boudoir panels, tapestry designs, theater designs, and book illustrations. He became a faculty member of the Royal Academy in 1734. In 1765 he was made first painter to the king, director of the Royal Academy, and designer for the Royal Porcelain Works. His success was encouraged by his patron, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress to Louis XV. He painted her portrait several times.

Francois Boucher's delicate, lighthearted depictions of classical divinities and well-dressed French shepherdesses delighted the public, who considered him the most fashionable painter of his day. Examples of his work are the oil paintings Triumph of Venus (1740, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) and Nude Lying on a Sofa (1752, Alte Pinakothek, Munich) and the tapestry series Loves of the Gods (1744). Boucher's sentimental, facile style was too widely imitated and fell out of favor during the rise of neoclassicism. He died in Paris on May 30, 1770.

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