Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Fragonard is frothy Rococo flirtation — pastel pinks and powder blues, feathery brushwork, swings, gardens, and playful lovers. Light, sensual, and decorative, with a sense of giddy movement.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was a painter from France, associated with Rococo.

An ornate 18th-century style of pastel colour, feathery brushwork, and playful, sensual lightness. Rococo →

More Rococo painters: François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough.

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