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François Boucher

1703 - 1770

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François Boucher (UK: BOO-shay, US: boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French 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 perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Boucher is the 88th most popular painter (down from 79th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from France (down from 226th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Painter.

François Boucher is most famous for his work as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker in the Rococo style.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, François Boucher ranks 88 out of 2,023. Before him are Georges Seurat, Berthe Morisot, Canaletto, Bronzino, Max Ernst, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. After him are Duccio, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Cimabue, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Oskar Kokoschka, and Honoré Daumier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1703, François Boucher ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. After him are Marie Leszczyńska, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. Among people deceased in 1770, François Boucher ranks 2. Before him is Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. After him are Giuseppe Tartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Suzuki Harunobu, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Thomas Chatterton, George Grenville, Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Whitefield, and James Stirling.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Boucher ranks 265 out of 6,770. Before him are Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), François Truffaut (1932), Philip III of France (1245), Letizia Ramolino (1750), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Saint Roch (1295). After him are Charles the Simple (879), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Philip I of France (1052), Francis de Sales (1567), and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, François Boucher ranks 24. Before him are Henri Rousseau (1844), Alfred Sisley (1839), Gustave Doré (1832), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Georges Seurat (1859), and Berthe Morisot (1841). After him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Honoré Daumier (1808), Paul Signac (1863), Claude Lorrain (1600), and William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825).

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