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''Boucher was a talented and prolific painter, draughtsman, etcher, who also did porcelain, tapestry and stage design. His work came to define the [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]] of French rococo painting in the early and middle part of the 18th Century. His artwork was immensely varied from genre scenes, landscapes, portraits and even history paintings the most important genre in the artistic hierarchy of his time.'' [http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/docs/bio_artistid623_e.jsp Biography]
''Boucher was a talented and prolific painter, draughtsman, etcher, who also did porcelain, tapestry and stage design. His work came to define the [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]] of French rococo painting in the early and middle part of the 18th Century. His artwork was immensely varied from genre scenes, landscapes, portraits and even history paintings the most important genre in the artistic hierarchy of his time.'' [http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/docs/bio_artistid623_e.jsp Biography]
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Boucher's paintings and drawings celebrated a silvery, shimmering world of perfumes and powders, inspiring copies of his designs in media ranging from textiles and marquetry to porcelain. [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=413&page=1]
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[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]] studied intensively with Boucher.
[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]] studied intensively with Boucher.
Marquise de Pompadour, 1756.
Marquise de Pompadour, 1756.
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