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François Boucher
François Boucher

François Boucher

French, 1703-1770
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François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century.

A native of Paris, Boucher was the son of a lesser known painter Nicolas Boucher, who gave him his first artistic training. At the age of seventeen, a painting by Boucher was admired by the painter François Lemoyne. Lemoyne later appointed Boucher as his apprentice, but after only three months, he went to work for the engraver Jean-François Cars.

In 1720, he won the elite Grand Prix de Rome for painting, but did not take up the consequential opportunity to study in Italy until five years later, due to financial problems at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. On his return from studying in Italy he was admitted to the refounded Académie de peinture et de sculpture on 24 November 1731. His morceau de réception (reception piece) was his Rinaldo and Armida of 1734.

Boucher married Marie-Jeanne Buzeau in 1733. The couple had three children together. Boucher became a faculty member in 1734 and his career accelerated from this point as he was promoted Professor then Rector of the Academy, becoming inspector at the Royal Gobelins Manufactory and finally Premier Peintre du Roi (First Painter of the King) in 1765.

Boucher died on 30 May 1770 in his native Paris. His name, along with that of his patron Madame de Pompadour, had become synonymous with the French Rococo style, leading the Goncourt brothers to write: "Boucher is one of those men who represent the taste of a century, who express, personify and embody it."

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Afriquaine en deshabillé, plate 1

Afriquaine en deshabillé, plate 1 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Ancienne Mode Françoise, plate 4

Ancienne Mode Françoise, plate 4 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Andromeda (Andromède)

Andromeda (Andromède) (1734)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Another Chinese Musician

Another Chinese Musician (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Antoine Watteau

Antoine Watteau (c. 1727)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Black African Removing Bottles From a Cooler

Black African Removing Bottles From a Cooler

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Bust Portrait of a Woman wearing a Hooded Mantle

Bust Portrait of a Woman wearing a Hooded Mantle

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Child Holding Staff

Child Holding Staff

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese botanist

Chinese botanist (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese doctor

Chinese doctor (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Lady

Chinese Lady (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Musician

Chinese Musician (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Peasant

Chinese Peasant (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Performer

Chinese Performer (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Soldier

Chinese Soldier (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Chinese Young Lady

Chinese Young Lady (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures – Title Page

Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures – Title Page (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Contadina, plate 7

Contadina, plate 7 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Dame de Constantinople, plate 5

Dame de Constantinople, plate 5 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Dona Mitilena, plate 3

Dona Mitilena, plate 3 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Femme assise, de profil à droite, jouant de l’eventail

Femme assise, de profil à droite, jouant de l’eventail (1720–70)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Femme de Boulogne, plate 9

Femme de Boulogne, plate 9 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Femme de Macédoine, plate 12

Femme de Macédoine, plate 12 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Femme de Naples, plate 2

Femme de Naples, plate 2 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Femme du Levant, plate 8

Femme du Levant, plate 8 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Fille de Cio isle de l’Archipel, plate 10

Fille de Cio isle de l’Archipel, plate 10 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Fille de St. Jean de Patmos, Isle de l’Archipel, plate 6

Fille de St. Jean de Patmos, Isle de l’Archipel, plate 6 (18th century)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Girl in a Landscape with a Basket of Flowers

Girl in a Landscape with a Basket of Flowers

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart Pl.01

Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart Pl.01 (1735)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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Other Chinese Soldier

Other Chinese Soldier (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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