FRANCOIS BOUCHER Celebrated, Rococo Style French Painter ( HD)

He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. François Boucher was born on September 29th, 1703, in Paris, Kingdom of France. He was a wellrespected painter, draughtsman, and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was a native of Paris and the son of a lesserknown painter Nicolas Boucher, who gave him his first artistic training. At the age of seventeen, a painting by Boucher was admired by the painter François Lemoyne.