Boucher, FRANCOIS

Boucher, FRANCOIS, a French painter, was born at Paris in 1703, studied at Rome, and became a member of the Academy (1734), and painter to Louis XV. (1765). He was an artist of much ability, and equally facile in the production of figure or landscape pictures. The number of his pictures and drawings is said to have exceeded 10,000; he also executed engravings. At his death, which occurred May 30, 1770, he was director of the French Academy.