|
|
Article: Boucher tercentenary.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Francois Boucher was born in Paris in 1703 and was apprenticed at the age of seventeen to Francois Lemoyne, a designer of embroidery patterns. After only three months he went to work for the engraver Jean Francois Cars. After winning the Prix de Rome, he studied in Italy between 1727 and 1731, where he came under the influence of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. After his return to France, Boucher was admitted to the Academie royale as a history painter, becoming a teacher there, and finally the director. He then headed the royal Gobelins tapestry manufactory, and in 1765 was appointed premier peintre du roi.
Boucher's varied apprenticeships proved useful because he ...