Know the Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Name: Know the Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Uploaded: 2025-03-01T14:37:48.115Z
Duration: 6 min 40 s
Channel: Classic Art
Description: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a documentor of decadence – his pastel-drenched images of idyllic gardens and rosy-cheeked maidens in repose illustrate his era’s lust for carefree amusement. Alongside the work of Antoine Watteau and François Boucher, amongst others, Fragonard’s luminous pictures epitomize the French Rococo period in art history.

Classic Art

Mar 1, 2025

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a documentor of decadence – his pastel-drenched images of idyllic gardens and rosy-cheeked maidens in repose illustrate his era’s lust for carefree amusement. Alongside the work of Antoine Watteau and François Boucher, amongst others, Fragonard’s luminous pictures epitomize the French Rococo period in art history.