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Jean Honore Fragonard
1732-1806
French
Jean Honore Fragonard Locations
French painter. He studied with François Boucher in Paris c. 1749. He subsequently won a Prix de Rome, and while in Italy (1756 ?C 61) he traveled extensively and executed many sketches of the countryside, especially the gardens at the Villa d Este at Tivoli, and developed a great admiration for the work of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In 1765 his large historical painting Coresus Sacrifices Himself to Save Callirhoë was purchased for Louis XV and won Fragonard election to the French Royal Academy. He soon abandoned this style to concentrate on landscapes in the manner of Jacob van Ruisdael, portraits, and the decorative, erotic outdoor party scenes for which he became famous (e.g., The Swing, c. 1766). The gentle hedonism of such party scenes epitomized the Rococo style. Although the greater part of his active life was passed during the Neoclassical period, he continued to paint in a Rococo idiom until shortly before the French Revolution, when he lost his patrons and livelihood.
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Young Woman Playing with a Dog
1765-72
Oil on canvas, 70 x 87 cm
Painting ID:: 29549
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Young_Woman_Playing_with_a_Dog
1765-72
Oil on canvas, 70 x 87 cm
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Coresus Sacrificing himselt to Save Callirhoe
1765
Oil on canvas, 309 x 400 cm
Painting ID:: 29647
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Coresus_Sacrificing_himselt_to_Save_Callirhoe
1765
Oil on canvas, 309 x 400 cm
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Progress of Love:The Lover Crowned
mk86
c.1771-1773
Oil on canvas
317.8x243.2cm
New York
Painting ID:: 33749
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Progress_of_Love:The_Lover_Crowned
mk86
c.1771-1773
Oil on canvas
317.8x243.2cm
New York
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Blind Man's Buff
mk86
c.1760
Oil on canvas
114x90cm
Toledo,Toledo
Museum of Art
Painting ID:: 33772
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Blind_Man's_Buff
mk86
c.1760
Oil on canvas
114x90cm
Toledo,Toledo
Museum of Art
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The Swing
mk86
1767
Oil on canvas
81x65cm
London
Painting ID:: 33773
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The_Swing
mk86
1767
Oil on canvas
81x65cm
London
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Jean_Honore_Fragonard
1732-1806
French
Jean Honore Fragonard Locations
French painter. He studied with François Boucher in Paris c. 1749. He subsequently won a Prix de Rome, and while in Italy (1756 ?C 61) he traveled extensively and executed many sketches of the countryside, especially the gardens at the Villa d Este at Tivoli, and developed a great admiration for the work of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In 1765 his large historical painting Coresus Sacrifices Himself to Save Callirhoë was purchased for Louis XV and won Fragonard election to the French Royal Academy. He soon abandoned this style to concentrate on landscapes in the manner of Jacob van Ruisdael, portraits, and the decorative, erotic outdoor party scenes for which he became famous (e.g., The Swing, c. 1766). The gentle hedonism of such party scenes epitomized the Rococo style. Although the greater part of his active life was passed during the Neoclassical period, he continued to paint in a Rococo idiom until shortly before the French Revolution, when he lost his patrons and livelihood.
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