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.
60 x 74 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.
c.1725-30. 21 x 42 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France.
1723. 57.9 x 72.7 cm. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Read Note.
Oil on canvas, 63 x 80 cm. Kiev Museum of Western Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.
1733. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France.
1732. Oil on canvas. 252 x 175 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
1732. 252 x 175 cm. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
1732. 252 x 175 cm. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
c.1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK. Read Note.
c. 1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK.
1734. 234 x 277 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK. Read Note.
1734. Oil on canvas. 135.5 x 170.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
1734. Oil on canvas. 135.5 x 170.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
1738. Pastel. 39.6 x 24.1 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
1739. 181 x 128 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.
1739. 181 x 128 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.
1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
1739. 81.5 x 65.5 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
1740. 131 x 163 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
Boucher by David Wakefield. Chaucer Press, 2006.
Drawings of Francois Boucher by Editors of Scala Publishers. Scala Publishers, 2006.
Francois Boucher, 1703-1770 by Alastair Laing. Harry N Abrams, 1986.
Making Up the Rococo: François Boucher and His Critics by Melissa Hyde. Getty Publications, 2006.
Francois Boucher: Seductive Visions by Jo Hedley. Paul Holberton Publishing, 2007.
Rethinking Boucher by Melissa Hyde, Mark Ledbury. Getty Publications, 2006.
Great Artists of the Western World: The French Rococo: Antoine Watteau, J.B.S. Chardin, Francois Boucher, J.H. Fragonard by Clive; Lyon, Sue, Gregory. Marshall Cavendish, 1990.