Impressive Artwork Jean Honore Frangonard
Rococo artist
Artist Jean Honore Frangonard was among the most prolific Rococo artists of the 18th century. He is best known for his ornamental artworks commissioned by King Louis XV. The artist won the Grand Prix of Rome in 1752 with a history painting. Frangonard learned the Rococo art style from Francois Boucher, one of the greatest artists of his time.
Blind Man’s Bluff is a fascinating artwork that depicts young people playing the children’s game. The painting is full of deceptions, such as the girl looking out from under her blindfold. It appears that the game might lead to seduction. The two figures are in pastoral costume, and in the background is a wood. It seems to abolish the boundary between the truth and lies, reality and fiction.
Coresus Scarificing Himself to Save Callirhoe is a large oil-on-canvas created in 1765. The painting depicts a dramatic scene from “Description of Greece” by Pausanias. In the myth, Coresus, a priest of Dionysus in Calydon, is absorbed with unrequited love for the maiden Callirhoe. To punish her rejection, the god sends a plague upon the city, and the oracle decrees that only her sacrifice can end it. Fragonard portrays the climactic moment when Coresus, serving as the sacrificial priest, chooses to plunge the knife into his own heart rather than kill the woman he loves. Callirhoe has collapsed beside him, unconscious, while attendants recoil in horror.
Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols is a historic painting with which Fragonard won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome. It was a prize hat earned him a scholarship to Rome at the age of 20. This painting depicts the Biblical scene with King Jeroboam, who led the northern tribes of Israel into idolatry, as he sacrifices to golden calves. Fragonard's work is characterized by its vibrant colors and dynamic composition, typical of the Rococo style. The scene captures the tension between divine command and human folly, emphasizing the consequences of turning away from God.
The Lock is a painting that appears to depict a couple inside a private room while the man is locking the door. This is one of the ultimate representations of the libertine spirit in France of the 18th century. This could especially be said of the court of King Louis XV, a man who had countless mistresses, such as Madame de Pompadour, a fervent admirer of Rococo art.
The Love Letter is a painting depicting another popular subject in 18th-century France, the love letter. The woman is elegantly dressed with a powdered face the fashion in France at the time. Sunlight highlights the central part of the painting, which is another example of the ideals of the Rococo art movement. The dog on the chair just makes the viewer smile.
The Musical Contest was created early in Fragonard’s art career. The painting depicts a “pastoral,” or an idealized version of country life. The painting depicts a female figure standing, holding a bright yellow parasol. She is dressed in a pink and white dress with matching accessories. The woman has heavy makeup on being the fashion in parts of Europe at this time. There are two male figures staring at her with desire. The gentleman on the left is playing a traditional type of musical instrument as they frolic in a lovely garden.
The See-Saw is a painting that depicts young children playing with a seesaw in a forest grove.
The Stolen Kiss is an artwork inspired by the Dutch Golden Age painter a century earlier. The painting depicts a young couple having a secret romance, enjoying a kiss between two lovers, showing a young lady in a cream-colored silk gown who appears to have left her company for a secret meeting with a young man. The painting originally belonged to the King of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Later it came into the possession of Tsar Alexander I in the 19th century.
The Swing is one of the most famous painting created by Fragonard. It is considered to be a masterpiece of the Rococo era. The painting depicts a woman on a swing pushed by an old man behind her. A young man can be seen in the bottom left corner, situated so that he can see up her dress. As the woman swings, she kicks her left foot and her shoe flies off.
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