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).
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).
167 Boucher Artworks
SKU: 4065-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:76.6 x 63.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Francois Boucher
Original Size:76.6 x 63.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
SKU: 4069-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:54.3 x 72.7 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
Francois Boucher
Original Size:54.3 x 72.7 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA
SKU: 13208-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:294.6 x 337.8 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Francois Boucher
Original Size:294.6 x 337.8 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
SKU: 13238-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:97.8 x 129.8 cm
Private Collection
Francois Boucher
Original Size:97.8 x 129.8 cm
Private Collection
SKU: 4066-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:91 x 68 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Francois Boucher
Original Size:91 x 68 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
SKU: 9677-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:130 x 162 cm
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Francois Boucher
Original Size:130 x 162 cm
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
SKU: 13169-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:98 x 146 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:98 x 146 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 8701-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:252 x 175 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:252 x 175 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 13247-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Tours, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Tours, France
SKU: 13119-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:164.5 x 71.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Francois Boucher
Original Size:164.5 x 71.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
SKU: 13248-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection
SKU: 8202-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:56 x 73 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:56 x 73 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 13226-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:57.2 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Francois Boucher
Original Size:57.2 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
SKU: 13253-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:93.5 x 163 cm
Private Collection
Francois Boucher
Original Size:93.5 x 163 cm
Private Collection
SKU: 7310-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:53 x 64 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:53 x 64 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 13173-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:320 x 320 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:320 x 320 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 13215-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France
SKU: 17811-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:27.3 x 39.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Francois Boucher
Original Size:27.3 x 39.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
SKU: 13220-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:107 x 173 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:107 x 173 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
SKU: 13120-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:164.5 x 84.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Francois Boucher
Original Size:164.5 x 84.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
SKU: 13213-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nancy, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nancy, France
SKU: 4057-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:122 x 96.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Francois Boucher
Original Size:122 x 96.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
SKU: 4044-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:107 x 84.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Francois Boucher
Original Size:107 x 84.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
SKU: 13218-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:20 x 26 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Chartres, France
Francois Boucher
Original Size:20 x 26 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Chartres, France