Jean Honoré Fragonard: Born: Grasse, April 5, 1732, France.

Apprenticed to Chardin.

Later, Boucher accepted him as a student.

In 1747, he wins the Prix de Rome .

Enrolled at the Ecole Royale des Elèves Protégés in 1753.

In 1769, he marries Marie-Anne Gérard.

Died: 1806, of a stroke while eating ice cream. Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawing and etchings), of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying the atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism.



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