François Boucher
- 1703–1770
- 18th century
- France
- Rococo
Boucher serves up creamy, idealized Rococo fantasy — rosy nudes, fluffy clouds, cupids, and soft pastel colour. Everything is decorative, sweet, and luxuriously artificial.
François Boucher (1703–1770) was a painter from France, associated with Rococo.
An ornate 18th-century style of pastel colour, feathery brushwork, and playful, sensual lightness. Rococo →
More Rococo painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough.
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