François Boucher (1703-1770)

François Boucher, "The Afternoon Meal," 1739, Oil on canvas, 81,5 x 65,5 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

François Boucher, "Earth: Vertumnus and Pomona," 1749, Oil on Canvas, 34 1/4 x 53 5/8 inches, Columbus Museum of Art

François Boucher, "Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas," 1757, Oil on canvas, 320 x 320 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

"Toilet of Venus," after 1743, Oil on canvas, 101 x 87 cm., The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

François Boucher, "Triumph of Venus," after 1743, Oil on canvas, 103 x 87 cm., The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

François Boucher, "The Mill at Charenton," 1750s Oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm., Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans

François Boucher, "The Setting of the Sun," 1752, Oil on canvas, 318 x 261 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "The Rising of the Sun," 1753, Oil on canvas, 318 x 261 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "Shepherd and Shepherdess Reposing," 1761, Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse," 1750, Oil on canvas, 129 x 158 cm., Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tours

François Boucher, "Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour," 1756, Oil on canvas, 201 x 157 cm., Alte Pinakothek, Munich

François Boucher, "Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour," 1759, Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "Blond Odalisque (L'Odalisque Blonde), 1752, Oil on canvas, 59 x 73 cm., Alte Pinakothek, Munich

François Boucher, "The Interrupted Sleep," 1750, Oil on canvas, 82 x 75 cm., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher, "Adoration of the Shepherds," 1750, Oil on canvas, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

François Boucher, "Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas," 1732, Oil on canvas, 252 x 175 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

François Boucher, "The Toilette," 1742, Oil on canvas, 53 x 67 cm., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

François Boucher, "The Rape of Europa," 1732-34, Oil on canvas, 231 x 274 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "A Summer Pastoral," 1749, Oil on canvas, 259 x 197 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "An Autumn Pastoral," 1749, Oil on canvas, 260 x 199 cm., Wallace Collection, London

François Boucher, "Painter in his Studio" (Possible self portrait), Oil on wood, 27 x 22 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

François Boucher, "The Milliner (The Morning)," 1746, Oil on canvas, 64 x 53 cm., Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

François Boucher, "Madame Boucher," 1743, Oil on canvas, 57 x 68 cm., Frick Collection, New York

François Boucher, "Hercules and Omphale," 1735, Oil on canvas, 90 x74 cm., Pushkin Museum, Moscow

François Boucher, "Diana Resting after her Bath," 1742, Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

François Boucher, "The Education of Cupid," 1742, Oil on canvas, 118 x 134 cm., Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin

François Boucher, "Chinese Dance," 1742, Oil on canvas, 42 x 65 cm., Musee des Beaux-Arts, Besaneon

François Boucher, "The Birth of Venus" (detail), 1740, Oil on canvas, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

François Boucher, "The Birth of Venus," 1740, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm., Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

François Boucher, "Brown Odalisque (L'Odalisque Brune)," 1745, Oil on canvas, 53 x 64 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris

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François Boucher

BORN: September 29, 1703 / Paris, France

DIED: May 30, 1770 / Paris, France

KEY WORKS: “The Afternoon Meal,” [1] “The Setting of the Sun,” [8] “Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour,” [12-13] “Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas,” [17] “The Rape of Europa,” [19] “The Birth of Venus” [29-30]

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François Boucher (1703-1770)
A image retrospective of François Boucher, one of the leading painters from the Rococo Age in France who once quoth that nature is “trop verte et mal éclairée” (too green and badly lit).
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François Boucher (1703-1770)

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