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François Boucher (UK: / ˈ b uː ʃ eɪ / BOO-shay, US: / b uː ˈ ʃ eɪ / boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 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 ...
Representing the rhythm of the day, Boucher creates an integrated pairing layered with allegory and symbolism. In The Setting of the Sun, the god Apollo returns to his mother's arms, bringing dusk along with him, represented by muted pinks, browns, and creams.
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Portrait of François Boucher by Gustaf Lundberg (1741) This is an incomplete list of works by François Boucher. Death of Meleager (c. 1727), Los Angeles County Museum of Art [1] Project for a Cartouche (c. 1727), Los Angeles County Museum of Art [2] Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill from Campo Vaccino (1734), Metropolitan Museum of ...
The meeting of sky and sea affirms the mythological setting of Boucher's painting. Some art historians have interpreted the depiction of Thetis, the nymph who appears in The Rising of the Sun as a tribute to her; Thetis, who holds the reins of Apollo's horses, was said to aid the god in his voyage across the sky, and Madame de Pompadour had ...
With Boucher, the sumptuous Baroque was transformed into the gallant Rococo. The best representative and principal author the era's taste, Boucher used his imagination and virtuosity in exploring themes such as pastorals, bucolic landscapes, and mythological scenes dedicated to the loves of the gods. He devoted at least five paintings to Venus.
Pompadour at Her Toilette is an oil-on-canvas painting by François Boucher from 1750 (with later additions) depicting Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France. Boucher's painting titled "Madame de Pompadour" also demonstrates the Rococo style. The format of the painting changed several times after its initial creation.
The Brunette Odalisque (French: L'Odalisque or l'Odalisque brune) is a 1745 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist François Boucher, now in the Louvre in Paris. The painter's signature is engraved on the low table. [1] He later produced two other works in the odalisque genre, both known as The Blonde Odalisque.