Marie-Anne Fragonard on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Marie-Anne Fragonard, née Gérard, (1745–1823) was a French painter of
File:Gossporträtt (Marie Anne Fragonard) - Nationalmuseum - 24862.tif, alt=Marie-Anne Fragonard, A work by Marie-Anne Fragonard from the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
File:Marie Anne Fragonard - Portrait of a Boy.jpg, This lively miniature was long thought to have been painted by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806). Today, it is attributed to Marie Anne Fragonard.
File:Pl7 38326 fnt bw 113.jpg, Marie-Anne Fragonard never signed her work, and scholars now suspect that many miniatures, such as this one, once ascribed to her more famous husband are actually her work. The relative clumsiness of this miniature compared to the painterly verve and charm associated with Jean-Honoré Fragonard's graceful art makes the attribution to J.-H. Fragonard unlikely.
Marie-Anne Fragonard, née Gérard, (1745–1823) was a French painter of portrait miniature
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...
s.
Known for being the wife of the painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (; 5 April 1732
(birth/baptism certificate)
– 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific ar ...
since 1769, she also painted miniatures, which, after having long been attributed to her husband, were returned to her name by the historian Pierre Rosenberg
Pierre Max Rosenberg (born 13 April 1936) is a French art historian, curator, and professor. Rosenberg is the honorary president a director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and since 1995, he has held the 23rd seat of the Académie Française. ...
. She painted in a free and easy style, which was close to the style of Jean-Honoré.
See also
*Marguerite Gérard
Marguerite Gérard (28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris)
.Note that contrary to all other sources, the given death date is 1 January 1832, not 18 May 1837.
was a successful French painter and printmaker working in the Rococo style. ...
(sister)
References
* Fragonard Besançon Pierre Rosenberg, Claudine Lebrun and Claire Stoullig, Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besancon, 2006 ed. 5 continents, 2006 ( and 9788874393633). 1745 births 1823 deaths 18th-century French painters 19th-century French painters 18th-century French women artists 19th-century French women artists French portrait painters Portrait miniaturists People from Grasse French women painters {{France-painter-18thC-stub