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Alexandre-Évariste Coccinelle Fragonard (26 October 1780 – 10 November 1850) was a French
His paintings include :
* ''François Ier armé chevalier''
* ''François Ier recevant le Primatice'' (ceiling of the
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard short biography in ART “4” “2”-DAY
1780 births 1850 deaths People from Grasse 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters Pupils of Jacques-Louis David 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub
painter
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and sculptor
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in the troubadour style
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. He received his first training from his father and drew from him his piquant subjects and great facility, perfecting them under Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...
. His parents were 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 ...
and Marie-Anne Fragonard.
He was born in Grasse
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,
and died in Paris
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.
Works
His paintings include :
* ''François Ier armé chevalier''
* ''François Ier recevant le Primatice'' (ceiling of the Louvre
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)
* ''Jeanne d'Arc montant sur le bûcher''
* ''Tasse lisant la Jérusalem délivrée''
* ''François Ier à Marignan''
As a sculptor, he produced the old pediment
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Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedimen ...
of the Chambre des Députés
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* 1814–1848 during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy, the Chamber of Deputies was the lower house ...
and a colossal statue of Pichegru
Jean-Charles Pichegru (, 16 February 1761 – 5 April 1804) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Under his command, French troops overran Belgium and the Netherlands before fighting on the Rhine front. His royalist positions led to h ...
.
Designed an engraving called the, ''Interieur d'un Comitè Rèvolutionnaire sous la Terreur'', which was engraved by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault and Claude Nicolas Malapeau in 1802.
References
Notes
Sources
*''Dictionnaire Bouillet'' (''Bouillet dictionary'')External links
*Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard short biography in ART “4” “2”-DAY
1780 births 1850 deaths People from Grasse 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters Pupils of Jacques-Louis David 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub