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François Boucher (French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) 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.
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Francois Boucher: List of works - All Artworks by Date 1→10....
- The Birth and Triumph of Venus
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- The Fountain of Love
Boucher was a master painter, and his most revered scenes...
- Shepherd and Shepherdess Reposing
‘Shepherd and Shepherdess Reposing’ was created in 1761 by...
- Young Woman With a Bouquet of Roses
‘Young Woman with a Bouquet of Roses’ was created in 1760 by...
- River Landscape With Ruin and Bridge
‘River Landscape with Ruin and Bridge’ was created in 1762...
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Paintings and Theater. Boucher’s most original contribution to Rococo painting was his reinvention of the pastoral, a form of idealized landscape populated by shepherds and shepherdesses in silk dress, enacting scenes of erotic and sentimental love.
François Boucher (UK: / ˈ b uː ʃ eɪ / BOO-shay, US: / b uː ˈ ʃ eɪ / boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) 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 ...
Boucher was the most influential of Rococo artists, a prolific painter and draftsman, engraver, and designer whose pastoral motifs found expression in every medium from gold boxes to tapestry.
The Collection. European Paintings. The Interrupted Sleep. François Boucher French. 1750. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 631. In Boucher’s pastorals, the dirt and labor of peasant life were set aside in favor of the elegant clothing and idyllic romance popularized by theater pantomimes.
François Boucher was a French painter known as a master of the Rococo style. View François Boucher’s 2,773 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
25 wrz 2024 · François Boucher was a painter, engraver, and designer whose works are regarded as the perfect expression of French taste in the Rococo period. Trained by his father, a lace designer, Boucher won the Prix de Rome in 1723.
