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François Boucher Furniture

French, 1703-1770
The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry cartoons (he worked throughout his career for both the Beauvais and Gobelins tapestry factories, becoming director of the latter in 1755), to intimate masterpieces such as Diana Resting (Paris, Louvre) or Leda and the Swan and the occasional scene from everyday life such as The Luncheon (Paris, Louvre), with its elegantly dressed figures grouped around a well-laid table. Enormously successful and widely bought, Boucher’s output was prodigious. First patronized by the Crown in the 1730s, and appointed Premier Peintre du Roi in 1765, he executed numerous royal and princely commissions until his death in 1770, working particularly for Louis XV’s mistress, the Marquise de Pompadour in each of her several palaces. Always ready to utilize his talents in other fields, he designed stage sets for theatre and opera and supplied drawings to be used as designs for figures at the Vincennes (later Sèvres) porcelain factory. As a teacher, he was much loved by his many students, who included Fragonard, Le Prince, Deshays, Brenet, Baudouin, Lagrenee, and Madame de Pompadour herself. In his earliest surviving works with their colourful rococo palette, even David, a distant cousin, was clearly influenced by Boucher. Not since Le Brun had a single French artist held such a monopoly on the imagery of a particular society or left such a mark on the art of his time.
(Biography provided by Stephane Renard Fine Art)
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Creator: François Boucher
2 Francois Boucher Antique Baroque Mezzotint Poetry Engravings Mother Cherubs
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2 Francois Boucher Antique Baroque Mezzotint Poetry Engravings Mother Cherubs
2 Francois Boucher Antique Baroque Mezzotint Poetry Engravings Mother Cherubs

2 Francois Boucher Antique Baroque Mezzotint Poetry Engravings Mother Cherubs

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Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique François Boucher Furniture

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18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print by François Boucher
18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print by François Boucher

18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print by François Boucher

Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique François Boucher Furniture

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Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher
Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher

Tapestry after design drawings by Francois Boucher Manufacture de Beauvais
By François Boucher
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
We are proud to present to you an exceptional tapestry belonging to the famous wall hanging "Les Amours des dieux" from the Louis 15th period depicting the kidnapping of Europe from ...
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Tapestry after design drawings by Francois Boucher Manufacture de Beauvais

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Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century

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Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770
By François Boucher, Beauvais Royal Manufactory
Located in PARIS, FR
Each panel : Each panel = Height : 206 cm (81,1 in.) ; Width : 56 cm (22 in.) ; Depth : 4 cm (1,5 in.) Beautiful set of four tapestries representing children’s pastorals, woven by the Beauvais Manufacture on cardboards by F. Boucher, inspired by his serie of paintings delivered around 1751 to the marquise de Pompadour for her Château de Crécy...
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Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770
Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770

Set of 4 Tapestries Signed by Beauvais Manufacture aft. F.Boucher, France, 1770

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