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François Boucher - Engelsköpfe in Wolken (Geburt Christi)

Engelsköpfe in Wolken (Geburt Christi) (1750)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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François Boucher

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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The Artist in His Studio

The Artist in His Studio (circa 1733)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Virgin attending to the sleeping Christ child

Virgin attending to the sleeping Christ child

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Le petit Savoyard

Le petit Savoyard (1735)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Woman leaning to left

Woman leaning to left (1722–28)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
River Bank with Factories in the Background

River Bank with Factories in the Background (1720–70)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Venus discovering the dead Adonis

Venus discovering the dead Adonis

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Neptune et Amymoné

Neptune et Amymoné (1764)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
La tourterelle mise en cage

La tourterelle mise en cage (1735)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Chinese doctor

Chinese doctor (1738–1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Thatched Mill Cottage and Shed with Two Trees at the Edge of a Stream

Thatched Mill Cottage and Shed with Two Trees at the Edge of a Stream

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
The Waterfalls of Tivoli

The Waterfalls of Tivoli (1730)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Danae Receiving the Golden Shower

Danae Receiving the Golden Shower (1757)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Woman and Boy

Woman and Boy

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Pastoral Make-Up (La toillette pastorale)

Pastoral Make-Up (La toillette pastorale) (1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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