knighted by Bayard (1819), Francis I. and his Sister looking at Pictures brought by Primaticcio, Fine Arts crowned by Genius (1827), ceilings in Louvre; Battle at Marignano. Wall paintings in the Luxembourg, and at Versailles and Orléans.—Larousse, viii. 700; Gaz. des B. Arts (1881).
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FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ, born
at Grasse,
Provence,
April 5,
1732, died in
Paris, Aug.
22, 1806.
Genre and
decorative
painter and
engraver,
pupil of
Chardin and
Boucher. In 1752 obtained the grand prix
de Rome for his Jeroboam, now in the École
des Beaux Arts. In Italy studied especially
Tiepolo; after his return, received into the
Academy in 1765. He treated the same class
of subjects as his master, Boucher, with surprising
fidelity and unbridled license. His
step-sister, Marguerite Gérard (born 1751),
assisted him in many works. Works: The
High-Priest Coresus sacrificing himself to
save Callirrhoë (1765), Landscape, Music
Lesson, Nymphs at their Bath, The Shepherd's
Hour, Storm, Bacchante Asleep,
Young Woman and Cupid, Guitar Player
(1769), Study, Inspiration, Fancy Figure of
Young Man, Woman and Child, Louvre,
Paris; Portrait of a Boy, Nantes Museum;
Plutarch's Dream, Rouen Museum; Portrait
of Bayard, Versailles Museum; Adoration
of Shepherds, Lille Museum; The Dinner
on the Grass, Amiens Museum; Young Girl
at Fountain, Grenoble Museum; Young
Boy, Nancy Museum; The Woes of Love,
Orléans Museum; City of Marseilles protected
by Mercury, Marseilles Museum; The
Swing, Fountain of Pleasure, Garden of
Fontainebleau, Hertford House, London;
Farmer's Children, Hermitage, St. Petersburg;
Sacrifice of Callirrhoë, Academia S.
Fernando, Madrid; The Kiss, Lazienski
Gallery, Warsaw; family portraits, Duc
d'Aumale; Oath of Love, Narischkine sale
(1883), 42,000 fr.; Return to Lodgings, do.,
17,000 fr.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1865), xviii.
32, 132; (1885), xxxii. 481; Portfolio (1873),
iv. 2; Ch. Blanc, École français; Dohme,
3; Goncourt, L'art du xviii. Siècle, ii. 311;
Houssaye, Hist. de l'Art français, 325; Jal.,
605; Wurzbach, Fr. Maler des xviii. Jahrh.,
36.
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FRANÇAIS, FRANÇOIS LOUIS, born at
Plombières (Vosges),
Nov. 17,
1814. Landscape
painter, pupil of
Gigoux and Corot.
Paints
French and Italian
scenes. Medals:
3d class,
1841; 1st class,
1848, 1855, 1867;
medal of honour, 1878; L. of Honour,
1853; Officer, 1867. Works: Song under
the Willows (1837); Old Garden (1841),
View near Paris (1844), Plombières Museum;
Under the Willows (1852), Tours Museum;
End of Winter (1853), Orpheus (1863),
Daphnis and Chloë (1872), Setting Sun, Luxembourg
Museum; Ravine of Nepi, View
near Rome (1853); Path through the Wheat
(1855); Brook of Neuf-Pré (1857); River
Gapeau, Beech Trees on Coast of Gráce
(1859), Bordeaux Museum; View at Lower
Meudon, Prince Napoleon; Evening (1861),
Epinal Museum; By the Water (1861),
Nantes Museum; Sacred Woods, Italian
