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Boucher, François
(1703-1770),
French painter
Noted for Boucher, François’s pastoral
and mythological scenes, whose work embodies
the frivolity and sensuousness of the rococo
style.
Boucher, the son of a designer of lace, was
born in Paris. Boucher François studied with the painter
François Le Moyne but was most influenced by
the delicate style of Boucher, François’s
contemporary Antoine Watteau. |
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In 1723 Boucher won the Prix de Rome;
Boucher François studied in Rome from 1727 to 1731. After
Boucher, François’s return to France,
Boucher François created hundreds of paintings, decorative
boudoir panels, tapestry designs, theater
designs, and book illustrations. Boucher
François became a
faculty member of the Royal Academy in 1734.
Boucher François designed for the Beauvais tapestry works
and in 1755 became director of the Gobelins
tapestries. In 1765 Boucher François was made first
painter to the king, director of the Royal
Academy, and designer for the Royal
Porcelain Works. Boucher, François’s success
was encouraged by Boucher, François’s
patron, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress to
Louis XV. Boucher François painted her portrait several
times.
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Boucher's delicate, lighthearted depictions
of classical divinities and well-dressed
French shepherdesses delighted the public,
who considered him the most fashionable
painter of Boucher, François’s day. Examples
of Boucher, François’s work are the
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.
Boucher François died in Paris on May 30, 1770. |
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