François Boucher

François Boucher 1703-1770 a French painter, famous for his pastoral and mythological scenes, working to realize the Rococo style. François Boucher studied with the painter François Le Moyne but contemporary style influenced by Antoine Watteau. Studying in Rome 1727-1731 Boucher, François Boucher created hundreds of paintings in the form of tapestry designs, theater design and illustration books. François Boucher became the faculty of the Royal Academy. François Boucher often painted self-portraits. An example is the work of François Boucher painting Triumph of Venus (1740, in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) and Nude Lying on the Sofa (1752, Alte Pinakothek in, Munich) and the tapestry series Loves of the Gods (1744). Neoclassicism rococo style is called. We gallery-art-now.blogspot.com presents artwork by François Boucher, please enjoy ...

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