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François Boucher
1703-1770 France/Rococo
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Brief Biography-François Boucher was born in Paris. Nicolas, his father, was a painter and sold prints, illustrations and artist's materials in his shop in the Rue de la Verrerie, where he nurtured his son's talent for painting at an early age. When he was seventeen, he began studying in the studio of the renowned artist François Lemoyne. The style of Lemoyne's paintings was a more decorative style of Baroque which inspired Boucher to develop the Rococo style. He quickly found work with the engraver Jean Francois Cars and came to the attention of Jean Antoine Watteau, who hired him to do engravings of his drawings.
In 1727, he went to Italy with Carle van Loo on an educational tour that he later stated he went more out of curiosity than interest in Italy.
When he returned to Paris, he gained admittance to the Academy by 1733, and in that year, he married Marie-Jeanne Buseau. His wife was to become his model for characters in numerous paintings.
In 1735, he had his first royal commission and worked for a tapestry factory led by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. By this time, royal commissions were numerous, and Madame de Pompadour kept him busy with various tasks, from painting her bedroom to doing a panel in her chapel.
In 1752, he had a studio in the Louvre where he had assistants such as Jean-Honore Fragonard and later the renowned Jacques-Louis David for a brief period. In later years, he took over the positions of Kings Painter and Directorship of the Academy. In the late 1760s, he travelled to Holland while weak, leading to his death in 1770. |
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the
Grapes

Madame
de Pompadour

Madame de
Pompadour two

The
Mill

The
Bridge

Afternoon
Meal

Rising of
the Sun

Setting
of the Sun

Mademoiselle
O'Murphy

La
Modiste

Diana
Resting

Toilet of
Venus

Triumph
of Venus

the
Landscape

Venus
et l'amour

The Birth
of Venus

Rape
of Europa

The
Toilette

Summer
Pastoral

Venus Demanding
Arms

An Autumn
Pastoral

Painter in his
Studio

Amor
a Prisoner

Amor
Comforted

The Artist's
Daughter

Heracles and
Omphale

Jupiter and
Kallisto

Toilet
of Venus

Country
Life

Landscape with a
Cherry Picker

Landscape with
Brother of Lucas

Louis Philippe
of Orleans

Madame
Bergeret

Madame de
Pompadour

Rinaldo
and Armida

River Landscape
with Ruin

The Fountain
of Love

The Beautiful
Stove

The Gallant
Fisherman

The Geniuses
of the Arts

The Light of the
World

The
Forest

Chinese
Fisheries

Vulcan
Presenting Venus

Girl
in a Park

an allegory
of music

an allegory
of poetry
