Portrait of Jean-Honore Fragonard

Jean-Honore Fragonard Giclée Fine Art Prints 1 of 4

1732-1806

French Rococo Painter

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) receives the Academy's first prize for painting and sculpture at the age of twenty. He studied at the Royal School for Protégés and in 1756 went to the French Academy in Rome. In the summer of 1760, supported by the friendship of his patron, the Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non, he produced marvellous drawings of the gardens of the Villa d'Este, ethereal landscapes, and casual, spontaneous genre scenes.

In 1765, he returned to Paris and presented a painting of a historical theme, "Coresus sacrificing himself to save Callirhoe", to the Salon. The triumph was incredible - the King bought the work and the author, extolled by specialists, won the favor of the Academy.

But he does not reciprocate the honours - he paints neither the canvas with which to be admitted into its bosom, nor the lofty commissions. He worked only for a private clientele, re-creating light and gallant subjects (The Swing, 1767). Fragonard is distinguished by a free, quick and energetic brushstroke. He executed an extraordinary series of fourteen portraits of figures in Spanish costume, 'figures of the imagination', some of whom were famous contemporaries of his (e.g. Denis Diderot), others leading to history or music. He was also a valuable decorator, as evidenced by the decoration of Madame du Barry's château in Louveciennes. Criticism ran rife, however, and the panels were withdrawn. Deeply hurt by these attacks, the artist set off again on a journey to Italy. There he added to his oeuvre a remarkable series of landscapes. After returning to Paris towards the end of 1774, his popularity declined, but Fragonard renewed his style: he handled harmonious combinations of lighter tones, with a finer texture, a technique which, without having lost its freedom, also drew on the Dutch masters.

74 Fragonard Artworks

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The Stolen Kiss, c.1785/90 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$63.12
SKU: 3847-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:45 x 55 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Swing, 1767 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.75
SKU: 2957-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:81 x 64.2 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

The Bolt, c.1778 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.43
SKU: 6830-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:73 x 93 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Le feu aux poudres, c.1765/70 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13286-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:37 x 45 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Adoration of the Shepherds, n.d. by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.99
SKU: 13298-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:73 x 93 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Souvenir, c.1776/78 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 2960-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:25.2 x 19 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Stolen Shift, c.1770 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13276-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:35 x 42.5 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Happy Family, c.1775 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.97
SKU: 17785-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:54 x 65 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

The Pursuit, c.1771/73 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$52.17
SKU: 2961-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:317.8 x 215.6 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA

The Love Letter, c.1770 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.01
SKU: 13266-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:83.2 x 67 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Lover Crowned, c.1771/73 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$58.63
SKU: 2963-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:317.8 x 243.2 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA

The Useless Resistance (La Resistance Inutile), c.1770 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 2966-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:24.1 x 32.4 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid, 1753 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$67.32
SKU: 13305-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:168.3 x 192.4 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Reverie, c.1771/73 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 2965-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:317.8 x 197.1 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA

Portrait of a Woman with a Dog, c.1769 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.01
SKU: 13268-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:81.3 x 65.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Figure of Fantasy: Portrait of the Abbot of Saint-Non, 1769 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.71
SKU: 13296-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:80 x 65 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Procris and Cephalos, n.d. by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: 13292-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:78 x 178 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

A Game of Hot Cockles, c.1767/73 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.45
SKU: 13277-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:115.5 x 91.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

The Meeting, c.1771/73 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.04
SKU: 2962-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:317.5 x 243.8 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA

The Bathers, c.1765 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.43
SKU: 13289-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:64 x 80 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Grand Priest Coresus Sacrifices Himself to Save Callirhoe, 1769 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.33
SKU: 13297-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:309 x 400 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Swing, c.1765 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$66.06
SKU: 13279-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:215.9 x 185.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Young Woman, c.1769 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.83
SKU: 13303-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:62.9 x 52.7 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Love the Sentinel, c.1773/76 by Fragonard | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$64.94
SKU: 17786-FJH
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Original Size:56.2 x 47.3 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

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