Fragonard

[fra-gaw-nar]

noun

1. Jean Honoré 1732–1806, French painter.

Fragonard

/ fraɡɔnar /

noun

1. Jean-Honoré (ʒɑ̃ ɔnɔre). 1732–1806, French artist, noted for richly coloured paintings typifying the frivolity of 18th- century French court life

Example Sentences

The Wildensteins, a family of French art dealers spanning five generations, were historically secretive about the exact details of their collection, which has included works by Caravaggio, Fragonard and many other blue-chip artists.

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Gewgaws were as much an inspiration to him as the superlative workshops of Sèvres or Fragonard’s studio.

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French culture wasn’t silly, or superficial, and though the paintings of Fragonard and the harpsichord works of Rameau may seem too precious to some audiences, there is substance and depth in both.

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Ultimately, he overdoses on heroin in a bathroom of the museum where he showed her the Fragonard painting that gives the film its title.

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It’s a world of pinpoint delicacy and — in pictures like Fragonard’s “Woman with a Dog” — self-amused wit.

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