François Boucher
French Artist · 1703–1770
11 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
For François Boucher, "art" meant "artifice." He could paint straightforward genre scenes and portraits when appropriate, but the times called for enchantment and frolic, with just the right touch of titillation. Boucher's paintings and drawings celebrated a silvery, shimmering world of perfumes and powders, inspiring copies of his designs in media ranging from textiles and marquetry to porcelain.
Works
Aurora and Cephalus
Getty Museum · 1769
Interior of a Barn with a Family of Coopers
Getty Museum · about 1763–1766
Landscape with Figures
Getty Museum · about 1726–1728
Sheet of Sketches, from "Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1735
Study of a Reclining Nude
Getty Museum · 1732–1735
The Bird Catchers
Getty Museum · 1748
The Birth and Triumph of Venus
Getty Museum · about 1743
The Fountain of Love
Getty Museum · 1748
Venus and Cupid
Getty Museum · about 1750–1752
Venus on the Waves
Getty Museum · 1769
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1765