Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Fragonard's self-portrait

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (5 April 1732 in Grasse - 22 August 1806 in Paris) was a French artist. He is remembered as one of the most important French painters of the rococo style. He was a pupil of François Boucher, and developed Boucher's style further. At first he did historical paintings, but soon gave up on these. His works include The Swing, A Young Girl Reading, and The Secret Meeting.^[1] Together with Boucher and Antoine Watteau, he is one of the principal painters of French Rococo. He lost his wealth during the French Revolution. After the revolution, the painting style was different, because he had trouble adapting, he died a poor man.

Gallery

Self-portrait, 1769
Adoration of the Shepherds (1775)
Girl playing with dog
The Lock
The Swing
Blind Man's Bluff
The Swing
Confession of Love

References

↑ Stein, Perrin, Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), Metropolitan Museum of Art, retrieved 8-28-2014 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); line feed character in |author= at position 8 (help)

[1] Stein, Perrin, Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), Metropolitan Museum of Art, retrieved 8-28-2014 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); line feed character in |author= at position 8 (help)

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