Francois Boucher François Boucher (29 September 1703 - 30 May 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.
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Painting ID:: 56502
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Adoration of the Shepherds 1750 Oil on canvas Mus?e des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Boucher had never been a committed artistic believer. Although he had worked in Italy, the Italian tradition did not tempt him into vast imaginative schemes. He never aimed at a heroic vision. He expressed no glorious promises about heaven: either as an Olympian refuge for aristocratic families, or in ordinary Christian terms. Like most French eighteenth-century painters, he could not evolve a satisfactory idiom for religious pictures of any kind; and he was particularly unsuited to the task by the nature of his real abilities. The picture shows one of his rare paintings of religious subject
Painting ID:: 62417
Adoration_of_the_Shepherds 1750 Oil on canvas Mus?e des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Boucher had never been a committed artistic believer. Although he had worked in Italy, the Italian tradition did not tempt him into vast imaginative schemes. He never aimed at a heroic vision. He expressed no glorious promises about heaven: either as an Olympian refuge for aristocratic families, or in ordinary Christian terms. Like most French eighteenth-century painters, he could not evolve a satisfactory idiom for religious pictures of any kind; and he was particularly unsuited to the task by the nature of his real abilities. The picture shows one of his rare paintings of religious subject
Diana Resting after her Bath 1742 Oil on canvas Mus?e du Louvre, Paris Author: BOUCHER, Fran?ois Title: Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) , 1701-1750 , French Form: painting , mythological
Painting ID:: 62419
Diana_Resting_after_her_Bath 1742 Oil on canvas Mus?e du Louvre, Paris Author: BOUCHER, Fran?ois Title: Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) , 1701-1750 , French Form: painting , mythological
The Milliner 1746 Oil on canvas, 64 x 53 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm The painting, commissioned by Count Tessin, the ambassador of Switzerland, is part of a series of four representing morning, noon, afternoon and night, respectively. Author: BOUCHER, Fran?ois Title: The Milliner (The Morning) , 1701-1750 , French Form: painting , genre
Painting ID:: 62421
The_Milliner 1746 Oil on canvas, 64 x 53 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm The painting, commissioned by Count Tessin, the ambassador of Switzerland, is part of a series of four representing morning, noon, afternoon and night, respectively. Author: BOUCHER, Fran?ois Title: The Milliner (The Morning) , 1701-1750 , French Form: painting , genre
Francois_Boucher François Boucher (29 September 1703 - 30 May 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.