Olga's Gallery
François Boucher
(1703-1770)
Biography
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François Boucher was born in the autumn of 1703, Rue de la Verrerie, 11th district of Paris, into the family of a modest painter and designer, Nicolas. From his father Boucher received a broad artistic training and education, however Nicolas soon realized that his son would need the supervision of a more skilled artist to fully master his talents. Thus in 1720, when Boucher turned seventeen, he entered the studio of François Lemoyne, a rising figure in art and soon to be a lead promoter of the Rococo genre. However, after only a handful of months Boucher decided that Lemoyne was a poor teacher and left the studio. Read François Boucher's Full Biography
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Portrait of Boucher. 1741. Oil on canvas. Reunion de Musées Nationaux, France. 
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Les Oies de Frère Phillippe. c.1725-30. 21 x 42 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France.
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Joseph Presenting his Father and Brothers to Pharaoh. 1723. 57.9 x 72.7 cm. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Read Note.
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Cupids. . Oil on canvas, 63 x 80 cm. Kiev Museum of Western Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.
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Aurore et Céphale. / Aurora and Cephalus. 1733. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France.
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Venus at Vulcan's Forge. 1732. Oil on canvas. 252 x 175 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Venus at Vulcan's Forge. Detail. 1732. 252 x 175 cm. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Venus at Vulcan's Forge. Detail. 1732. 252 x 175 cm. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Rape of Europa. c.1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK. Read Note.
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Rape of Europa. Detail. c. 1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK.
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Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs. 1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK. Read Note.
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Renaud et Armide. 1734. Oil on canvas. 135.5 x 170.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Rinaldo and Armida. Detail. 1734. Oil on canvas. 135.5 x 170.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Boy Holding a Parsnip. 1738. Pastel. 39.6 x 24.1 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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The Crocodile Hunt. 1739. 181 x 128 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.
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The Crocodile Hunt. Detail. 1739. 181 x 128 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.
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Le Dejeuner / The Breakfast. 1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Le Dejeuner / The Breakfast. Detail. 1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Le Dejeuner / The Breakfast. Detail. 1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Forest. 1740. 131 x 163 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Triumph of Venus. 1740. 130 x 162 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Read Note.
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Leda and the Swan. . 60 x 74 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Read Note.
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Leda and the Swan. Detail. . 60 x 74 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.
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La Toilette. 1742. 53 x 63 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain.
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La Toilette. Detail. 1742. 53 x 63 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain.
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La Toilette. Detail. 1742. 53 x 63 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain.
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