short biography

François Boucher (b. 1703, Paris, d. 1770, Paris) was a rococo painter and the Director of the Paris Academy and First painter of the king since 1765. Famous works are: "The bath of the Diana", 1742; "Toilet of Venus", 1751; Ceiling fresco, Salle du Conseil, Château de Fontainebleau, 1753; "Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour", 1756; amongst others.

show more show less