Sunday, June 21, 2015

People & Trees

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Woman with dog
c. 1769
Metropolitan Museum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Two sisters
c. 1769-70
Metropolitan Museum

From several sources, paintings of surpassing facility by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). Like other French artists of the period, Fragonard formed his technique through extended periods of study in Italy – the place where educated Europeans were agreed that absolutely the finest paintings in existence could be emulated.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Studies of figures seen from below
18th century
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Study of standing young woman
c. 1775-80
Rijksmuseum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Gathering at wood's edge
c. 1761-73
Metropolitan Musueum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Shaded avenue
c. 1775
Metropolitan Museum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Landscape
18th century
Morgan Library

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Rinaldo in the enchanted forest
c. 1761-65
Metropolitan Museum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Elijah (etching after Boucher)
c. 1752-56
Rijksmuseum

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Villa d'Este
18th century
Morgan Library