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Definition of Jean Honore Fragonard
1. Noun. French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806).
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Literary usage of Jean Honore Fragonard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Régime: Court, Salons, and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"Jean Honore Fragonard. — The Painter Chardin. — The Queen's Oratoire. —• The
Winner of the Grand Prix..— Advice to a Young Artist. — An Admirable Plan. ..."
2. A History of French Painting from Its Earliest to Its Latest Practice by Clara Cornelia Harrison Stranahan (1888)
"... Fragonard (1780-1850), Paris : pupil of David, and son of Jean Honore Fragonard ;
he took four medals ; Legion of Honor, 1819. ..."
3. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) was taught in the atelier of Boucher and in
Rome until 1765. In his hands art degenerates into an uncurbed lascivious play ..."
4. A Short History of Engraving & Etching, for the Use of Collectors and by Arthur Mayger Hind (1908)
"... while an even more exquisite refinement of light and line is seen in the
slighter studies of J- H- Boucher's pupil Jean Honore Fragonard. ..."
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