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Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
Born(1780-10-26)26 October 1780
Grasse, France
Died10 November 1850(1850-11-10) (aged 70)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationFragonard, David
Known forpainting, sculpting
Movementtroubadour style

Alexandre-Évariste Coccinelle Fragonard[1] (26 October 1780 in Grasse[2] – 10 November 1850 in Paris[3]), son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Marie-Anne Fragonard, was a French painter and sculptor in the troubadour style. He received his first training from his father and drew from him his piquant subjects and great facility, perfecting them under Jacques-Louis David.

Works

The Immured
Scene in the bedroom of Marguerite de Valois during the night of Saint Bartholomew, 1836, Musée du Louvre, Paris

His paintings include :

  • François Ier armé chevalier
  • François Ier recevant le Primatice (ceiling of the Louvre)
  • the Bourgeois de Calais
  • Jeanne d'Arc montant sur le bûcher
  • Tasse lisant la Jérusalem délivrée
  • François Ier à Marignan

As a sculptor, he produced the old pediment of the Chambre des Députés and a colossal statue of Pichegru.

References

Notes

  1. ^ He was nicknamed "Fanfan" by his parents. M. Fanfan jouant avec M. Polichinelle (1778), a collaborative etching by his aunt Marguerite Gérard and his father Jean-Honoré Fragonard, depicts the young Alexandre-Évariste.
  2. ^ Sardou, J. B. (1865). Inventaire sommaire des Archives communales antérieures à 1790, ville de Grasse. Archives départementales, Archives communales de Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes (France). Paul Dupont. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2009. Acte de naissance d'Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, peintre et statuaire : « Le vingt-six octobre 1780, est né et a été baptisé Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, fils de sieur Jean-Honoré Fragonard, peintre du Roi, et de demoiselle Marie-Anne Gérard, son épouse; le parrain, sieur Alexandre Maubert, négociant, et la marraine demoiselle Marie-Catherine-Rose Mercurin, épouse de sieur Pierre-Joseph Camatte, négociant, qui ont signé : le père se trouve absent; le grand-père paternel a signé Maubert, Mercurin, Camatte, Fragonard, Magdeleine Gérard, Gérard, Mougins Roquefort curé. ».
  3. ^ Bulletin de la Société d'etudes scientifiques et archéologiques de Draguignan et du Var. Vol. 13–14. Société d'etudes scientifiques et archéologiques de Draquignan et du Var. 1880. p. 20.

Sources

  • Dictionnaire Bouillet (Bouillet dictionary)


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