Rococo and Enlightenment Artists

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Rococo and Enlightenment Artists
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Francois Boucher (1703 - 1770) Nationality
FrenchMovement RococoMedia PaintingInfluences
BiographySon of an artist, Francois Boucher
learned many techniques as a child before
receiving his formal art education from Francois
Lemoyne. His initial job was as an engraver,
producing replicas of Watteaus drawings.
However, he also was a successful painter and one
the Prix de Rome in 1723. He then studied
throughout Italy and began receiving royal
commissions and a position as court artist.
Boucher also worked for high profile, Madame de
Pompadour, creating portraits and decorating her
palace. Because Boucher was primarily painting
for others, his work was consistently focused on
pleasant, mythological subject matters and scenic
landscapes.
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Crossing the Bridge
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The Love Letter
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The Washerwoman
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Reclining Girl
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The Toilet of Venus
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Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

• (1699-1779)

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Chardin may possibly have been the greatest still
life painter to ever pick up a brush. Though of
the Rococo era, there is little of its
lighthearted gaiety in his work. Instead,
Chardin's genre scenes depict the everyday life
of middle-class France, while his still lifes are
of commonplace objects. His (presumed he kept it
a secret) technique of slowly combining thick
layers of paint with thin glazes to show light
inspired van Gogh, Cézanne, Matisse and Braque,
among many others.
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Basket of Wild Strawberries
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Still Life With Game
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The Ray
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The Silver Goblet
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The Silver Tureen
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The Smoking Salon
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The Governess
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The Washerwoman
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Soap Bubbles
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Grace Before the Meal
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Jacques-Louis David(1748-1825)
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Oath of the Horatii
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Death of Socrates
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Death of Marat
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Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons
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Portrait of Mme. Recamier
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Napoleon Crossing St. Bernard Pass
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Napoleon in his Study
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