Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard was a French Rococo\u00a0painter and printmaker, born on April 5th 1732 in Grasse in the south of France. He trained in Paris with\u00a0Chardin<\/a>\u00a0and then later\u00a0Boucher<\/a>. Fragonard is considered as one of the all-time masters of French painting, with his unique handling of colour coupled with expressive and confident brush strokes, influencing the impressionists that followed him.<\/p>\n Fragonard\u2019s style embraces the freedom and curiosity that embodied the French Enlightenment, developing an exuberant and fluid manner as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker. As one of the most prolific artists of his generation, Fragonard went on to produce more than 550 paintings, not to mention countless drawings and etchings which he rarely dated, many can be found in Europeana. His work is renowned for creating a sense of intimacy with an underlying eroticism.<\/p>\n