François Boucher and the Rococo Establishment (1730–1770)

1. Boucher wins the Prix de Rome

   Jan 1, 1723Labels: Fran ois, Prix de

   • National Gallery
   • Met Museum

2. Boucher travels to Italy independently

   Jan 1, 1728Labels: Fran ois, Rome

   • Met Museum
   • National Gallery

3. Accepted into the Royal Academy (agréé)

   Nov 24, 1731Labels: Acad mie, Fran ois

   • Frick
   • Met Museum

4. Becomes full Royal Academy member

   Jan 1, 1734Labels: Royal Academy, Rinaldo and

   • Met Museum
   • WGA

5. Receives first royal commission

   Jan 1, 1735Labels: Royal commission, Louis XV

   • National Gallery

6. Designs influential Beauvais tapestry series

   Jan 1, 1736Labels: Beauvais manufactory, Fran ois

   • Britannica
   • Hillwood

7. Rococo becomes central at the 1737 Salon

   Aug 18, 1737Labels: Paris Salon, Fran ois

   • Salon 1737

8. Beauvais “Psyche” designs enter production

   Nov 1, 1741Labels: Beauvais manufactory, The Story

   • Philadelphia MA

9. Pompadour becomes Boucher’s key patron

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Madame de, Fran ois

   • National Gallery
   • NGA

10. Sun allegories made for Pompadour and Gobelins

    Jan 1, 1752Labels: Gobelins Manufactory, The Rising

    • Rising Sun

11. Boucher becomes director of the Gobelins manufactory

    Jan 1, 1755Labels: Gobelins Manufactory, Fran ois

    • Britannica

12. Boucher’s imagery spreads through Sèvres porcelain

    Jan 1, 1758Labels: S vres, Fran ois

    • Met Object
    • National Trust

13. Late-career backlash signals taste shift

    Jan 1, 1760Labels: Denis Diderot, Fran ois

    • NGA
    • Britannica

14. Boucher appointed First Painter and Academy Director

    Jan 1, 1765Labels: Premier peintre, Royal Academy

    • Britannica
    • NGA

15. Boucher dies, closing the Rococo court era

    May 30, 1770Labels: Fran ois, Paris

    • Britannica
    • SLAM