Not all customers liked the “corporate menu” of Bush, consisting of pastoral, mythological and boudoir scenes. Yes, one must think, and the master sometimes tired of nymphs and cowherd boys. And then from under his brush came out lovely genre scenes – with puppet women dressed in the latest fashion, well-bred kids and graceful details of life.
Perhaps the most famous genre picture of Boucher – “Morning Coffee”, 1739. For her, the pose was posed, most likely, by his wife and sister, and also by his two children. Penetrating into the window the sun paints the exquisite interior of the room in gentle tones. All present look happy with each other, in the hands of the servant the coffee pot is smoking, the children are angels.
Such genre scenes enjoyed great popularity among customers. For example, the Swedish Crown Princess Louise Ulrika ordered the artist four paintings “with fashionably dressed figures and beautiful faces.” A great admirer of the genre paintings of Boucher was Count Tessin. For him, the artist wrote below the “Woman correcting the garter.”
Note how, these pictures differ greatly from the genre scenes of Chardin. Every detail – right up to the heel of the beautiful woman’s shoes, right up to the children’s toy – speaks here of the “art of living.” And it is obvious that this “art” Bush understands completely differently than Chardin.
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