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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:: 42728
The swing
MK169
1767 Cloth 81x64.2cm
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Painting ID:: 43239
Psyche Showing Her Sisters her gifts From Cupid
mk170
1753
Oil on canvas
168.3x192.4cm
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Painting ID:: 52488
Vivant Denon Replacing El Cid-s Remains in their Tombs
c. 1811 Oil on canvas, 40 x 35 cm
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Painting ID:: 56132
the swing
mk247
1767,oil on canvas,32x26 in,83x66 cm,wallace collection,london,uk
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Painting ID:: 56893
swing
mk250 Year in 1766. Oil painting on cloth, about 89 x 81 cm. London, Wallace Collection.
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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: | Jan Fyt | CAPRIOLO, Domenico | Arthur Loureiro | Maurice Prendergast | Nils Blommer |
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