François Boucher

1703–1770 · France · Rococo

François Boucher (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. Wikipedia

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Pink and blue Rococo mythology, plump nudes, silk and fluffy clouds — pretty, playful and decorative.

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“Diana leaving her Bath”, 1742 — Louvre
“Portrait of Madame de Pompadour”, 1756 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Brown Odalisque”, 1740s — Louvre
“La Naissance de Vénus”, 1754 — Wallace Collection
“Hercules and Omphale”, 1732 — Pushkin Museum
“Madame de Pompadour”, 1759 — Wallace Collection
“Jupiter and Callisto”, 1744 — Pushkin Museum
“Aurora and Cephalus”, 1733 — Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
“Landscape near Beauvais”, 1740s — Hermitage Museum
“The Triumph of Venus”, 1740 — Nationalmuseum
“The Toilette of Venus”, 1751 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Venus Consoling Love”, 1751
“Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas”, 1757 — Louvre
“The setting of the sun”, 1752 — Wallace Collection
“Morning Coffee”, 1739 — Louvre
“Jupiter in the Guise of Diana, and the Nymph Callisto”, 1759 — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
“The Rising of the Sun”, 1753 — Wallace Collection
“Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour”, 1750 — Fogg Museum
“Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan”, 1754 — Wallace Collection
“Pastoral with a Couple near a Fountain”, 1749 — Wallace Collection
“Angelica and Medoro”, 1763 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Diana Returning from the Hunt”, 1745 — Musée Cognacq-Jay
“La marquise de Pompadour”, 1750 — Louvre
“Leda and the Swan”, 1742 — Nationalmuseum
“The Light of the World”, 1750 — Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
“The Rape of Europa or Abduction of Europa”, 1747 — Louvre
“The Judgement of Paris”, 1763 — Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse
“Fishing”, 1767 — Palace of Versailles
“Lovers in a Park”, 1758 — Timken Museum of Art
“La toilette”, 1742 — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“Chinese Garden”, 1742 — Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
“The Milliner”, 1746 — Nationalmuseum
“The Nest, also known as the Berger Present”, 1740 — Louvre
“Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels”, 1765 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Venus and Vulcan”, 1754 — Wallace Collection
“Madame de Pompadour”, 1758 — National Galleries of Scotland
“The Bird Catchers”, 1748 — J. Paul Getty Museum
“The Four Seasons: Spring”, 1755 — Frick Collection
“The Four Seasons: Winter”, 1755 — Frick Collection
“The Education of Cupid”, 1742 — Charlottenburg Palace

François Boucher

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