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François Boucher
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Definition:[1703 - 1770]a French painter. [He] is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. He also painted several portraits of his patroness, Madame de Pompadour.from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
image 1: Blond Odalisque (1751), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167730image 2: The Toilet of Venus (1751), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9661567
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On the wall to the left of the desk, reaching almost from floor to ceiling, was a large full-length portrait of a woman, magnificently framed, exquisitely painted, and signed with the name of Boucher. It was Percy's mother.
Emma Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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Try what he would, the eighteenth century obsessed him; the panier robes and furbelows appeared before his eyes; memories of Boucher's Venus haunted him; recollections of Themidor's romance, of the exquisite Rosette pursued him.
Joris-Karl Huysmans. À Rebours.
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portraits painted for his ancestors by Raphael, Velasquez, Boucher, justified in saying that he was visiting a museum and a matchless library when he was merely turning over his family relics at home,
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