Morning Coffee Francois Boucher (1703-1770)
Francois Boucher – Morning Coffee
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François Boucher was considered the king’s court painter during the reign of Louis XV. He became famous not only as a talented painter, but also as a decorator. Boucher painted landscapes, portraits, and pastorals, capturing biblical and mythological subjects on his canvases. The pearl of the famous painter’s collection is Breakfast. Here the author is said to have represented his family, or perhaps the ideal of his family.
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François Boucher was considered the king’s court painter during the reign of Louis XV. He became famous not only as a talented painter, but also as a decorator. Boucher painted landscapes, portraits, and pastorals, capturing biblical and mythological subjects on his canvases.
The pearl of the famous painter’s collection is Breakfast. Here the author is said to have represented his family, or perhaps the ideal of his family. He depicts himself, his beloved, his children and his nanny at a meal. The faces of the adults and children are happy, and there is family and comfort in the room.
The painting conveys the warmth of the relationship between the members of a large family, well-being, joy, love: this is evidenced by the color scheme. Shades range from dark to gently warm, immersing the viewer in the atmosphere of everyday life of those years. This work, among other things, demonstrated Boucher’s design skills. The artist carefully and in detail painted all the details of the interior: a huge gilded mirror, antique wall clocks, graceful twisted legs of the table, beautiful service, decorative figures on shelves, children’s toys. But especially chic are the clothes of the characters depicted on the canvas.
Little girls are dressed in tiny lush lace dresses and bonnets. And the women show a sense of style and taste: even the nurse is dressed up especially elegantly.
The artist worked on every detail, making it not only beautiful, but meaningful. The doll standing at the girl’s feet, the furniture, the objects on the tables and on the shelves. For example, the Buddha standing on a bookstand speaks to the popularity of Chinese art in those days.
The work allows not only to feel a happy moment, so vividly remembered by the author, but also to learn about the way of life of those years, the spirit of the era and a certain luxury, so skillfully conveyed by the genius creator.
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