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François Boucher
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French painter (1703–1770)
OverviewAI-generated
François Boucher (1703–1770) was a French painter, printmaker, illustrator, and etcher associated with the Rococo movement. Born and deceased in Paris, he held the position of Premier peintre du Roi. His artistic output included history, religious, landscape, and mythological paintings. Notable works include *Blond Odalisque*, *Portrait of Madame de Pompadour*, and *La Naissance de Vénus*.
Boucher was the spouse of Marie-Jeanne Boucher. He studied under Jean-François Cars and François Lemoyne. Among his students were Charles-Michel-Ange Challe, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, and Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Nuttall Encyclopedædia.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1885
- Died
- 1966
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Histoire du costume en occident de l'antiquite a nos jours
- Rubens
- A history of costume in the west
- A lecture on the Parisian life in the XVIIIth century
- Historia mody
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1703
- Active to
- 1770
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,404x
- New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
· 2010 · cited 16,944x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,840x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,228x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- François
- Family name
- Boucher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Position held
- Premier peintre du Roi
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- François Lemoyne
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- military art
- Movement
- Rococo
- Image
- Boucher par Gustav Lundberg 1741.jpg
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- Commons category
- François Boucher
- date of birth
- 1703-09-29
- date of death
- 1770-05-30
- Commons Creator page
- François Boucher
- topic's main category
- Category:François Boucher
- student
- Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays
- influenced by
- Q686597
- name in native language
- François Boucher
- Commons gallery
- François Boucher
- sponsor
- Madame de Pompadour
- has works in the collection
- Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
- ethnic group
- French
- topic has template
- Template:François Boucher
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
François Boucher ( UK: /ˈbuːʃeɪ/ BOO-shay, US: /buːˈʃeɪ/ 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 scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century.
Life
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