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'''Jean-Honoré Fragonard''' (Grasse, France 1732 - Paris 1806), French [[Rococo]] painter, best known by his artworks with scenes of love and voluptuousness.  
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[[File:Fragonard Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol 1752.jpg|thumb|360px|Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol, 1752.]]
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[[Image:Fragonard.jpg|thumb|left|Jean-Honoré Fragonard]]
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'''Jean-Honoré Fragonard''' (Grasse, France 1732 - [[Paris]] 1806), [[France|French]] [[Rococo]] painter, best known by his artworks with scenes of [[love]] and voluptuousness.  
  
Fragonard pupil of Chardin and of Boucher, was a prolific painter. In 1765 he became a member of the Academy. He painted gardens, erotic canvases ('' [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Fragonard_The_Swing.jpg The Swing] '', 1766), children and family scenes. Among his masterpieces are the four canvases representing ''The Progress of Love '' ('' [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Fragonard_The_Pursuit.jpg The Pursuit] '') 1771-73 (For Mme. du Barry, Louis XV's most beautiful mistress), '' [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Fragonard_A_Young_Girl_Reading.jpg A Young Girl Reading] '' and ''Love Vow''.   
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Fragonard, a pupil of Chardin and of [[François Boucher]], was a prolific painter. He gained the [[Prix de Rome]] in 1752 with a painting of "Jeroboam sacrificing to the Idols". ''Fragonard studied in [[Italy]] from 1756 to 1761; there he was particularly attentive to the works of Tiepolo.''
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In 1765 he became a member of the Academy. He painted gardens, erotic canvases (''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Fragonard_The_Swing.jpg The Swing]'', 1766, Wallace Coll., London), children and family scenes. Among his [[masterpiece]]s are the four canvases representing ''The Progress of Love'' (''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Fragonard_The_Pursuit.jpg The Pursuit]'') 1771-73 (For Mme. du Barry, [[Louis XV]]'s most beautiful mistress), ''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:JHF.jpg A Young Girl Reading]'' and ''Love Vow''.   
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''Well represented in the Louvre, the Wallace Collection in London, and the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, his work can also be seen in the museums of Washington, D.C., Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and St. Louis.'' <ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Fragonar.html Jean-Honoré Fragonard] The Columbia Encyclopedia.</ref>
  
 
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
  
 
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Image:Fragonard Inspiration.jpg|"Inspiration"
 
Image:Fragonard Inspiration.jpg|"Inspiration"
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Image:Fragonard The Musical Contest.jpg|"The Musical Contest"
 
Image:Fragonard The Musical Contest.jpg|"The Musical Contest"
 
Image:Fragonard The Love Vow...jpg|"The Love Vow"
 
Image:Fragonard The Love Vow...jpg|"The Love Vow"
 
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Image:JHF.jpg|"A Young Girl Reading"
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Image:Fragonard The Stolen Kiss.jpg|"The Stolen Kiss"
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Image:Fragonard The Storm.jpg|"The Storm"
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Image:Fragonard Happy Lovers.jpg|"Happy Lovers"
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File:Fragonard The Rest on The Flight into Egypt.jpg|"The Rest on The Flight into Egypt"
 
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[[Image:Fragonard A Young Girl Reading.jpg]]
 
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A Young Girl Reading
 
  
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The four Fragonard Paintings for Madame Du Barry representing The Progress of Love.
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Image:Fragonard The Pursuit.jpg|The Pursuit
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Image:Fragonard The Meeting.jpg|The Meeting
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Image:Fragonard Love Letters.jpg|Love Letters
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Image:Fragonard The Lover Crowned.jpg|The Lover Crowned
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
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[[File:Fragonard Visite a la nourrice 1775.jpg|thumb|Visit to the Nursery, 1775.]]
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
 
*[[Painting Schools]]
 
*[[Painting Schools]]
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[[File:Fragonard Blind Man s Bluff 1773-1776.jpg|center|thumb|400px|Blind Man's Bluff, 1773-1776.]]
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== External links ==
 
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*[http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=Jean-Honore+Fragonard&operator=AND&photoOnly=true&nbToDisplay=20&langue=fr Fragonard] Musée du Louvre, Paris.
 
*[http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=Jean-Honore+Fragonard&operator=AND&photoOnly=true&nbToDisplay=20&langue=fr Fragonard] Musée du Louvre, Paris.
  
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Revision as of 00:35, July 12, 2016

Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol, 1752.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse, France 1732 - Paris 1806), French Rococo painter, best known by his artworks with scenes of love and voluptuousness.

Fragonard, a pupil of Chardin and of François Boucher, was a prolific painter. He gained the Prix de Rome in 1752 with a painting of "Jeroboam sacrificing to the Idols". Fragonard studied in Italy from 1756 to 1761; there he was particularly attentive to the works of Tiepolo.

In 1765 he became a member of the Academy. He painted gardens, erotic canvases (The Swing, 1766, Wallace Coll., London), children and family scenes. Among his masterpieces are the four canvases representing The Progress of Love (The Pursuit) 1771-73 (For Mme. du Barry, Louis XV's most beautiful mistress), A Young Girl Reading and Love Vow.

Well represented in the Louvre, the Wallace Collection in London, and the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, his work can also be seen in the museums of Washington, D.C., Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and St. Louis. [1]


Gallery


The four Fragonard Paintings for Madame Du Barry representing The Progress of Love.

See also

Visit to the Nursery, 1775.


Blind Man's Bluff, 1773-1776.

External links

References

  1. Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Columbia Encyclopedia.