Portrait of Francois Boucher

Francois Boucher Giclée Fine Art Prints 1 of 7

1703-1770

French Rococo Painter

For more than three decades, François Boucher (1703-1770) was at the pinnacle of French painting with his immense talent and astonishing productivity. His career was brilliant and he enjoyed all kinds of honours. A creator of religious and secular compositions, Boucher was also a landscape painter, illustrator, draughtsman, and decorator. His rich oeuvre is not always alien to mediocrity, but his works remain a magnificent hymn in praise of woman. The artist glorifies her for her beauty and charm, whether she is a goddess, a mother, a worldly lady, sweet or chaste.

Boucher polished himself in the studio of François Lemoine in the tradition of applied art and made his living as an illustrator and engraver under Jean-François Carr. In 1724 he received the first prize of the Royal Academy, which took him to Rome, where he remained until 1731. There he studied the Baroque works of Pietro da Cortona and the painting of Correggio. He was admitted a member of the Academy alongside "Rinaldo and Armida", and subsequently became its director and first royal painter (1765). He worked intensively and achieved immediate success: combining artistic direction of the great royal manufactories of Beauvais and the Gobelin brothers, the production of sets for the theatre and opera, and commissions from the sovereign and Madame de Pompadour, who patronised him. She installed him in the Louvre in 1752. With the tapestries "The History of Psyche" (1739), also the two famous series "The Love of the Gods", Boucher emerged as the most ingenious and inventive decorator of the Louis XV era. His sensuality, his virtuosity, his limpid and vivid tones, his attraction to artistic craft give charm to his large-scale mythological scenes as well as to his portraits (Marquise de Pompadour).

166 Boucher Artworks

Pastoral Music, 1743 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Pastoral Music 1743

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.50
SKU: 19005-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:92 x 72.5 cm
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

The Docile Puppy, c.1740 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Docile Puppy c.1740

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.44
SKU: 18641-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:52.5 x 41.5 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

The Spoiled Child, c.1740 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Spoiled Child c.1740

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.44
SKU: 18640-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:52.5 x 41.5 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Shepherd and Shepherdess, 1760 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Shepherd and Shepherdess 1760

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.91
SKU: 18639-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:64.5 x 81 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Two Shepherdesses, 1760 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Two Shepherdesses 1760

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.91
SKU: 18638-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:64 x 80.5 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Madame de Pompadour, 1756 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Madame de Pompadour 1756

Giclée Canvas Print
$58.95
SKU: 18518-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:205 x 161 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Danae Receiving the Golden Shower, 1757 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Danae Receiving the Golden Shower 1757

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17815-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:31.5 x 48 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Crêpes, c.1761/63 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Crêpes c.1761/63

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17814-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:34.8 x 23.3 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Aurora, c.1733 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Aurora c.1733

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17813-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:37.5 x 23.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Venus Reclining on a Dolphin, c.1745 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Venus Reclining on a Dolphin c.1745

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17812-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:22 x 33.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right, c.1769 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right c.1769

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17811-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:27.3 x 39.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Venus, c.1754 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Venus c.1754

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 17810-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:22.5 x 40 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

The Toilet of Venus, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Toilet of Venus n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.74
SKU: 17716-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:63.5 x 80.5 cm
Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

The Beautiful Cook, c.1735 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Beautiful Cook c.1735

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.90
SKU: 17715-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:55.5 x 43.2 cm
Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France

Marie-Emilie Baudouin, Daughter of the Painter, c.1758/60 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 17714-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:75.5 x 65 cm
Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France

Psyche and Amour, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Psyche and Amour n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 17713-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:33.5 x 28.8 cm
Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France

Chinoiserie, c.1742 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Chinoiserie c.1742

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.71
SKU: 17310-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:38 x 52 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Chinese Hunt, c.1742 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Chinese Hunt c.1742

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.25
SKU: 17309-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:40 x 49 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Besancon, France

The Chinese Wedding, c.1742 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Chinese Wedding c.1742

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 17308-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:40 x 65 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Besancon, France

Madame de Pompadour, 1754 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Madame de Pompadour 1754

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 16983-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:36.5 x 28 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Pastoral Landscape with River, 1741 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Pastoral Landscape with River 1741

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 16790-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:68 x 112.4 cm
Public Collection

The Bird Nesters, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Bird Nesters n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$67.61
SKU: 13265-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:91.5 x 81.6 cm
Private Collection

Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs, c.1732/34 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 13263-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:230 x 273 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Spring, 1745 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Spring 1745

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.07
SKU: 13262-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:98.5 x 132 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

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