In stark contrast to the style of Jean-Antoine Watteau was the painting of the Paris born François Boucher (1703–1770), an artist fully imbued with the lighthearted and frivolous spirit of the Rococo world. His name, along with that of his patron and pupil Madame de Pompadour, is considered synonymous with the French Rococo style. He also … Continue reading French painting during the XVIII Century, II. The cult of the feminine by François Boucher and the charming portraits by Maurice Q...
