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François Boucher - Venus

Venus (c. 1754)

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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Seated female nude

Seated female nude (1742)

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A Young Girl in a Park

A Young Girl in a Park (c.1765-1770)

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Shepherd and shepherdess

Shepherd and shepherdess (1760)

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Woman Standing

Woman Standing (1726–35)

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The Nativity

The Nativity (ca. 1761-1762)

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A standing boy, with a reclining boy behind him

A standing boy, with a reclining boy behind him

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
La toilette de Vénus

La toilette de Vénus

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Etude de jeune femme endormie

Etude de jeune femme endormie

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Venus on The Waves

Venus on The Waves (1769)

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

Andromeda (Andromède) (1734)

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Chinese Young Lady

Chinese Young Lady (1738–1745)

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Femme du Levant, plate 8

Femme du Levant, plate 8 (18th century)

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The Birth and Triumph of Venus

The Birth and Triumph of Venus (about 1743)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Les Confidences Pastorales

Les Confidences Pastorales (circa 1745)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
The Toilette of Venus

The Toilette of Venus (1751)

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
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