François
BOUCHER and Jean- Honoré FRAGONARD
François BOUCHER
François
Boucher (1703 – 1770) is THE painter of the French King Louis XV
and THE ROCOCO Style Painter !
He
was very popular for his Rocaille design ( shells mixed with rocks )
, inspired by mythology and creating Shepherds Romantic scenes.
Royal
and Nobles Portraits, landscapes, religious scenes were his
favorites.
Madame
la Marquise de Pompadour, the king's favorite, was his sponsor and
patronized him.
He
has participated in the Versailles and Fontainebleau Castles .
He
has painted lots of scenes for Porcelains dedicated to the Royal
Sevres Manufacture.
He
became the chief of the Royal Gobelins Tapestry Manufacture.
He
started to become old fashioned in the 1760's with the birth of
Neoclassicism called the Louis XVI Style !
Jean - Honoré FRAGONARD
Jean
– Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732 – 1806 Paris) was educated at
François Boucher workshop who patronized him to win the prize at the
Royal Painting Academy.
He
was also very popular at the court of Louis XV painting, dreaming
landscapes, portraits and cabinets .
the age of
Enlightenment
and her wedding changed his way of painting after 1769.
Fragonard
concentrated more on familiar scenes and custom order from the Royal
court such as : Jeune
fille lisant, les Baigneuses, les progrès de l’amour…
But
Marie – Antoinette launched Neoclassicism with the Louis XVI style
more feminine, lighter with pastel colors and straight lines and
Fragonard was not really concerned by this new style.
After
the French Revolution he became in 1793 one of the Curator the
Louvres museum.
He
lost most of his fortune after the abolition of some Aristocracy
privileges before dying.
He
remains with Boucher one of the most Popular painter of the Rococo
style !
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