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Chinoiserie by François Boucher

Chinoiserie

François Boucher·1750

Historical Context

Chinoiserie from 1750 at the Boijmans Museum shows Boucher's influential Chinese-inspired decorative designs. His chinoiserie paintings and designs fed the European craze for Chinese-style decoration. Boucher's chinoiserie designs reflect the eighteenth-century European fantasy of the Orient as a realm of exotic pleasure and refined luxury. These decorative inventions were enormously influential on the applied arts, shaping Sevres porcelain and Beauvais tapestry production throughout the mid-...

Technical Analysis

The chinoiserie composition combines Chinese motifs with Rococo decorative sensibility. Boucher's handling creates an exotic decorative fantasy.

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Quick Facts

Medium
Oil paint
Dimensions
38.1 × 52.1 cm
Era
Rococo
Style
French Rococo
Genre
Genre
Location
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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