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Jean Honore Fragonard
1732-1806
French
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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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La Visite a la nourrice
Huile sur toile - 64 X 79,5 cm, National Gallery of Art
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Painting ID:: 75342
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La_Visite_a_la_nourrice
Huile sur toile - 64 X 79,5 cm, National Gallery of Art
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Portrait of Denis Diderot
ca. 1769(1769)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81.5 ?? 65 cm (32.1 ?? 25.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 77489
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Portrait_of_Denis_Diderot
ca. 1769(1769)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81.5 ?? 65 cm (32.1 ?? 25.6 in)
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Die Lesende
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm (31.9 x 25.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 78699
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Die_Lesende
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm (31.9 x 25.6 in)
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Portrat des Abb de Saint Non in einem Phantasiekostum
. 1775(1775)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 78778
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Portrat_des_Abb_de_Saint_Non_in_einem_Phantasiekostum
. 1775(1775)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Die Lesende
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm (31.9 x 25.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 79354
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Die_Lesende
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 x 65 cm (31.9 x 25.6 in)
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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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