FRAGONARD, Jean-Honor? (b. 1732, Grasse, d. 1806, Paris) Le petit parc 1764-65 Oil on canvas, 37 x 45 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard used light and atmosphere to absorb people and objects until one is left with an airy, empty but still vibrating, surface; it is as if a conjuring trick had been played over some painting by Boucher, from which so much 'reality' has been abstracted. For both Fragonard and the Guardi, this is an escape from the discipline represented by Boucher and Tiepolo, but it is given an additional twist by Fragonard's knowledge and admiration of Tiepolo - the wild
GLIX-115-3D42MJ1
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FRAGONARD, Jean-Honor? (b. 1732, Grasse, d. 1806, Paris) Le petit parc 1764-65 Oil on canvas, 37 x 45 cm Wallace Collection, London Fragonard used light and atmosphere to absorb people and objects until one is left with an airy, empty but still vibrating, surface; it is as if a conjuring trick had been played over some painting by Boucher, from which so much 'reality' has been abstracted. For both Fragonard and the Guardi, this is an escape from the discipline represented by Boucher and Tiepolo, but it is given an additional twist by Fragonard's knowledge and admiration of Tiepolo - the wild