He was born with this talent by his father Nicolas Boucher, a draftsman for furniture and decorations. The works of Francois Boucher cover almost all genres. In addition to painting, he devoted himself to drawing, etching and copperplate engraving as well as works in the decorative field.
Mythological depictions in strong colours, history paintings and still lifes can be found in his work as well as ceiling paintings and wall decorations.
A special concern of his was the depiction of erotic scenes, as the painting "Ruhendes Mädchen" (1751) shows.
When this work was created, Boucher was already working as a painter at the court of Louis XV and was considered a favourite of the king's mistress, the Marquise de Pompadour.
The young, innocent and playful-looking girl in the centre of the picture, lolls completely naked and unaware of her own erotic charisma, on the sofa, tucked up on her stomach.
The seamstress often served as a model for the painter, the intimacy between the two becomes transparent in the picture. The viewer becomes curious about so much blooming innocence. Probably also the king himself, because Marie-Louise O'Murphy, the young woman's name, later became his mistress.
Throughout his life, Francois Boucher was successful and recognized in his activities. A member of the Academy in Paris since 1734, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The favour of the king, who elected Boucher as the first painter at court in 1765, remained secure for the rest of his life.
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.jpg "The Music Lesson, 1749 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Chinese Curiosity, study for a tapestry cartoon by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Study of a Nude Woman Lying on Clouds, Chin Resting on Left Hand by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Erato, The Muse of Love Poetry by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Marie-Louise O")
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.jpg "The Forge of Vulcan, or Vulcan presenting arms for Aeneas to Venus, tapestry cartoon by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Rape of Europa by François Boucher")
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.jpg "A Chinese Garden, Study for a Tapestry Cartoon by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Venus Consoling Love by François Boucher")
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_(Portrait_de_Jeanne_Antoinette_-_(MeisterDrucke-962036).jpg "Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Rising of the Sun by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Allegory of Music by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Winter Amusement by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Nymph Callisto, Seduced by Jupiter in the Form of Diana by François Boucher")
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_Naked_on_a_sofa_or_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-964277).jpg "Young Girl Lying Down (Portrait of Marie Louise O Murphy) by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Diana Leaving the Bath by François Boucher")
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.jpg "St. Peter Invited to Walk on the Water by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Mill. A woman washes the laundry in the stream near a water mill. Painting by Francois Boucher, 1751 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Toilet of Venus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Venus and Amor by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Rinaldo and Armida by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Hermit by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Mill by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Are They Thinking about the Grape, 1747 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Diana Getting Out of Her Bath by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Feast of the Chinese Emperor (Study for a Tapestry Cartoon) by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Apollo Revealing His Divinity to the Shepherdess Isse by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Madame de Pompadour at her Toilette by François Boucher")
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.jpg "A Shepherd and a Shepherdess in Dalliance in a Wooded Landscape by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Head of a Girl, 18th century by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Spring by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Woman with Flower Basket in Garden by Gilles Demarteau")
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.jpg "Madame Bergeret by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Toilette of Venus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Jupiter and Callisto by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Muse Terpsichore by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Pan and Nymph Syrinx by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Triumph of Venus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Cupid")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Watermill, 1755 by François Boucher")
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_1745_Su_-_(MeisterDrucke-984352).jpg "The Return of Hunting of Diane by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Sheet of Sketches, ca. 1735 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Rape of Europa by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Sleeping Shepherdess by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Earth - Vertumnus and Pomona by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Breakfast by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Bird Catchers, 1748 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Daydreaming by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Study of Foot for the Blonde Odalisque by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Flageolet Player by François Boucher")
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_18th_century_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022925).jpg "Pastoral Conversation by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Leda and the Swan by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Chinese Marriage, or An Audience with the Emperor of China by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Female Nude on a Dolphin by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Reading Woman (Femme Lisant Eloyse et Abailar) by Gilles Demarteau")
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.jpg "Cupid Begs Venus to Return His Arrows by Louis Marin Bonnet")
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.jpg "Nude Young Woman Sitting, Asleep by François Boucher")
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.jpg "A Seated Nude with a Staff, a Relief with Putti to the Left by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Odalisque, 1745 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Bust of a Young Woman with a Ribbon in Her Hair by Louis Marin Bonnet")
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.jpg "Sleeping Venus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Angel with Three Putti in Clouds by Gilles Demarteau")
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.jpg "Mother and Two Children by Jurriaan Cootwijck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Amélie Baudouin as Flora by Louis Marin Bonnet")
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.jpg "Head of a Man with Beard Facing Right by Gilles Demarteau")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1665019).jpg "Apollo Revealing His Divinity to the Shepherdess Issa by Francois Boucher")
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_1740_Sun_131x163_m_-_(MeisterDrucke-960402).jpg "The Forest by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Venus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Bust of a Young Woman by Louis Marin Bonnet")
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.jpg "Venus in her Bath Surrounded by Nymphs and Cupids by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Lying Sheep with Lambs and Goat with Kids by Gilles Demarteau")
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.jpg "Naked Woman Sitting on Bed with Flowers by Gilles Demarteau")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1665043).jpg "Aurora and Cephalus, c.1766 by Francois Boucher")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1665092).jpg "Apollo, c.1752 by Francois Boucher")
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.jpg "Audience of the Emperor of China. The Subjects Prostrate Before the Emperor. Painting by Francois Boucher by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Resting Girl by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Bust of a Girl in Profile to Left, mid 18th century by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Landscape with Distant Buildings and a Herdswoman by François Boucher")
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.jpg "A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Female Nude by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Head of a Girl by Gilles Demarteau")
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.jpg "The decoy bird, also called The bird caught in the nets by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Standing Naked Man by Louis Marin Bonnet")
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.jpg "Diana and Callisto, 1760 by François Boucher")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1664993).jpg "The Dreaming Shepherdess by Francois Boucher")
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.jpg "Venus and Mars by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Pilgrims at Emmaus by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Diana getting out of her bath, 1742 by François Boucher")
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.jpg "The Forest by François Boucher")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363032).jpg "Bather Spied Upon by a Pond by Jean Daullé")
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.jpg "Spandrel Decoration: Fame and Truth Applauding Louis XV by François Boucher")
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.jpg "Triumph of Venus by François Boucher")
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