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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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Painting ID:: 1443
Louis XIV and Moliere
1863
Catalogue #138
42 x 75 cm (16.5 x 29.5 inches)
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Painting ID:: 20733
Fantastic Figure Portrait of the Abbe de Saint-Non (mk05)
Canvas 31 1/2 x 25 1/2''(80 x 65 cm)Bequest of Dr.Louis La Caze 1869 M.I
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Painting ID:: 20734
A Study (mk05)
Canvas 32 1/4 x 26''(82 x 66 cm)Bequest of Dr Louis La Caze 1869 M.I 1958
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Painting ID:: 20735
Portrait of Diderot (mk05)
Canvas 40 x 25 1/2''(82 x 65 cm)Presented in lieu of death duties 1972 R.F
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Painting ID:: 20736
Marie-Madeleine Guimard Dancer (mk05)
Ca 1769
Canvas 31 1/4 x 25 1/2''(82 x 65 cm)Presented in lieu of death duties 1974 R.F 1974 R.F
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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.
. Related Artists to Jean Honore Fragonard: | Theodore Gericault | Pontormo, Jacopo | Workshop of Anton von Maron | Colman Samuel | Hans Hartig |
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