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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Francois Boucher

Art Appreciation

Born on September 29, 1703, Francois Boucher was a French Rococo painter known for his "pastoral and mythological scenes"-- a departure from the symmetric form of the Broque era--and considered two-dimensional.

You can see more of his paintings HERE.

Halt at the Spring (1765) via leahmariebrown

Portrait of Marie-Louise O’Murphy (1751) via 18thcenturylove


The Toilet of Venus (1751) via mommywithapenis



Sources: Wikipedia; http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/boucher/; http://www.francoisboucher.org/




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