{"Id":366,"Name":"Francois Boucher","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-1770)\u003C/strong\u003E, French painter, was born in Paris, and at first was employed by Jean Fran\u0026iuml;\u0026iquest;\u0026frac12;ois Cars (1670-1739), the engraver, father of the engraver \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/cars_laurent.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELaurent Cars\u003C/a\u003E (1699-1771), to make designs and illustrations for books. In 1727, however, he went to Italy, and at Rome became well known as a painter. He returned to Paris in 1731 and soon became a favourite in society. His picture \u003Cu\u003ERinaldo and Armida\u003C/u\u003E (1734) is now in the Louvre. He was made inspector of the Gobelins factory in 1755 and court painter in 1765, and was employed by \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.madamedepompadour.com/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EMadame de Pompadour\u003C/a\u003E both to paint her portrait and to execute various decorative works. He died in 1770. His \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=628\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EWatteau\u003C/a\u003E-like style and graceful voluptuousness gave him the title of the Anacreon of painting, but his repute declined until recent years. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EWallace collection\u003C/a\u003E, at Hertford House, has some of his finest pictures, outside the Louvre. His etchings were also numerous and masterly.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee Antoine Bret\u0027s notice in the \u003Cu\u003ENicrologe des hommes c\u0026iuml;\u0026iquest;\u0026frac12;l\u0026iuml;\u0026iquest;\u0026frac12;bres\u003C/u\u003E for 1771, and the monographs by the brothers \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/go/Goncourt.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003Ede Goncourt\u003C/a\u003E and Paul Mantz.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://31.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BO/BOUCHER_FRANCOIS.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":true,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":40}