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pierre-françois delafons
Early Modern
Early Modern

pierre-françois delafons

Born 1732 Died 1787

Jean-Honoré Fragonard: A Master of Rococo Sensuality Born in 1732 in the Provençal town of Grasse, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s life was a fascinating blend of artistic apprenticeship, courtly patronage, and ultimately, a quiet retreat from the spotlight. His early years were marked by a swift relocation to Paris, where he began his training under the watchful eye of Jean-Siméon Chardin, a respected still-life painter. This initial exposure provided him with fundamental skills in observation and composition, but it was his subsequent enrollment in François Boucher’s atelier that truly shaped his…

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A chart of pierre-françois delafons's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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