Fragonard
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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His student competition pictures of the 1770s are rendered in the painterly technique and pastel colors associated with the Rococo style of François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
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.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
It’s so startling because the Frick is loaded with Fragonard — you know, romping women, pretty pictures — and this is decidedly not a pretty picture.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
The names of Lisa del Giocondo, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, and a million so-called courtesans don’t endure as da Vinci, Sargent, and Fragonard, even if their likenesses do.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2018
On the one hand—to put it very shortly indeed—we see Fragonard influenced by Tiepolo, France, and Louis XV.; on the other, Sir Joshua, influenced by Michelangelo and Raphael, England, and George III.
From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall
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