Frontispice pour le "Tombeau de John Churchill, duc de Marlborough" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men)

François Boucher | Eugene MacSwiny | Laurent Cars

ca. 1736

Medium

Etching and engraving

About François Boucher

1703–1770 • France

French Rococo artist who epitomizes the frivolous and elegant court life of France in the mid-18th century. During his early career he was closely associated with Watteau, many of whose paintings he engraved. Boucher was a successful and incredibly prolific artistic who had a major impact on both fine and decorative art of the 18th century. He is particularly noted for having reinvented the genre of the pastoral, creating images of shepherds and shepherdesses as sentimental lovers that was taken up in a variety of medium. Boucher's sketchy manner of painting helped to promote painterliness as an end in itself. This trend dominated French painting until the emergence of Neoclassicism, when the tides of criticism turned against Boucher and his followers. French painter, etcher, and draftsman. Comment on works: master draftsman; engraver; set designer

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