Main entry:

Cuzin, Jean-Pierre, 1944-

Title & Author:

Jean-Honoré Fragonard : life and work : complete catalogue of the oil paintings / Jean-Pierre Cuzin.

Publication:

New York : Abrams, 1988.

Description:

382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363).
1732-52 Grasse and Paris : childhood and apprenticeship -- 1752-56 Paris : L'ecole Royale des Elèves Protégés -- 1756-61 Rome : L'academie de France -- 1761-67 Paris : the birth of a reputation -- 1767-73 Paris : the successful easel painter -- 1767-73 Paris : the successful decor painter -- 1773-1774 Italy : the journey with Bergeret -- 1774-c. 80 Paris : the painter's independence -- c. 1780-89 Paris : crisis or renewal? -- 1790-1806 Grasse and Paris : the eclipse -- Fragonard, or the restlessness of the artist.

Summary:

"A study of the works of Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806). The author reveals the extent to which Fragonard's paintings were informed by such diverse artists as Rembrandt and Ruisdael, Pietro da Cortona and Solimena, Rubens and Jordaens. The text offers an account of the artist's life and work."

Resources:
cover art

ISBN:

0810909499
9780810909496

Subject:

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806 Catalogues raisonnés.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806 Critique et interprétation
Painters France Biography.
Painting, French.
Peinture française.
Peinture moderne 17-18e siècle France
Peintres France Biographies.
Painters
France

Form/genre:

Biography.
catalogues raisonnés.
Biographies
Catalogues raisonnés

Added entries:

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806.

Fragonard : life and work

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46563
Call No.: ID:89-B5866
Status: Available