Portrait of Francois Boucher

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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

Jupiter and Callisto, 1769 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Jupiter and Callisto 1769

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.60
SKU: 13237-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:160 x 129 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Lovers in a Park, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Lovers in a Park n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.80
SKU: 13236-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:232.4 x 194.9 cm
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, USA

Bacchus and Erigone, 1745 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Bacchus and Erigone 1745

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.66
SKU: 13235-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:99 x 134.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Head of a Woman from Behind, c.1740 by Boucher | Paper Art Print

Head of a Woman from Behind c.1740

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 13234-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

A Seated Nude Girl, n.d. by Boucher | Paper Art Print

A Seated Nude Girl n.d.

Giclée Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: 13233-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Pastoral Scene, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Pastoral Scene n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$57.44
SKU: 13232-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

River Landscape with Ruin and Bridge, 1762 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 13231-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:58.5 x 72 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

River Landscape with an Antique Temple, 1762 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 13230-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:58.5 x 72 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Idyllic Landscape with Woman Fishing, 1761 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 13229-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:47 x 66 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

The Little Pilgrim, c.1755/60 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Little Pilgrim c.1755/60

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 13228-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:81.3 x 76.2 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

Beautiful Country Woman, c.1732 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Beautiful Country Woman c.1732

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 13227-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:41 x 30.5 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

Landscape with a Watermill, 1755 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Landscape with a Watermill 1755

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.87
SKU: 13226-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:57.2 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Washers, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Washers n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$58.82
SKU: 13225-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Public Collection

Sylvia Rescued by Aminta, 1755 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Sylvia Rescued by Aminta 1755

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.75
SKU: 13224-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:102 x 136 cm
Public Collection

Saint Peter Attempts to Walk on Water, 1766 by Boucher | Canvas Print
SKU: 13223-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:235 x 170 cm
Public Collection

Diana's Return from the Hunt, 1745 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Diana's Return from the Hunt 1745

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.14
SKU: 13222-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:94 x 131 cm
Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France

Geniuses of the Arts, 1761 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Geniuses of the Arts 1761

Giclée Canvas Print
$75.58
SKU: 13221-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

Venus Disarming Cupid, 1749 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Venus Disarming Cupid 1749

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 13220-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:107 x 173 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Sylvia Heals Phillis' Bee-Sting, 1755 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Sylvia Heals Phillis' Bee-Sting 1755

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.61
SKU: 13219-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:102 x 136 cm
Public Collection

Sleeping Shepherd, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Sleeping Shepherd n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: 13218-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:20 x 26 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Chartres, France

Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1744 by Boucher | Canvas Print

Marriage of Cupid and Psyche 1744

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.27
SKU: 13217-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:93 x 130 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Love's Sleep, n.d. by Boucher | Canvas Print

Love's Sleep n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$70.09
SKU: 13216-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:92.5 x 86.5 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

La Marotte (La Musette), 1759 by Boucher | Canvas Print

La Marotte (La Musette) 1759

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.79
SKU: 13215-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:unknown
Museum of Palace of Versailles, Paris, France

The Light of the World (Nativity), 1750 by Boucher | Canvas Print

The Light of the World (Nativity) 1750

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.66
SKU: 13214-BFR
Francois Boucher
Original Size:175 x 130 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France

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