Jean Honoré Fragonard: A Dance of Sensuality and Light Born in Grasse, Provence, in 1732, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s life was a testament to the shifting currents of French art during the Rococo period. Unlike his contemporaries who often pursued careers within the rigid structures of the Royal Academy, Fragonard forged his own path, becoming renowned for his exquisitely sensual and playful paintings that captured the spirit of aristocratic leisure and romantic intrigue. His career, spanning from the 1760s to his death in 1806, is characterized by a remarkable fluidity of style, blending influe…