Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɔnɔʁe fʁaɡɔnaʁ]; 5 April 1732 – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawings and etchings), of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard | |
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Self-Portrait, 1780s, black chalk with gray wash | |
| Born | 5 April 1732 Grasse, France |
| Died | 22 August 1806 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Education | French Academy in Rome |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, etching |
| Notable work | The Swing, A Young Girl Reading, The Bolt |
| Movement | Rococo |
| Spouse |
Marie-Anne Fragonard (née Gérard)
(m. 1768) |
| Children | 2, including Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard |
| Awards | Prix de Rome |
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