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| We have special pricing on a huge selection of posters. Below are just a few of these exclusive offers. BUY THIS POSTER NOW AT OUR eBAY STORE! A YOUNG GIRL READING
A Young Girl Reading is aglow with
the softest of umbers, the rich color darkening and paling as it follows
the girl's youthful contours. Her back is supported by a sort of maternal
abundance of rosy pillow, but there is an almost horizontal element
in the board under her arm except where her charming sleeve has overlapped
its rigid outline. She is intent upon her book, as unprotected as any
Boucher nymph. Briefly a pupil of Chardin in 1750, Fragonard studied with Boucher until 1752, when he won the Prix de Rome. He visited Rome in 1756, where he studied the works of Venetian master Tiepolo. On his return to Paris, he made his name with a history painting in the "Grand Manner", High Priest Coroesus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe (1765). However, once accepted into the Academy, he gave up historical painting and turned to lighter Subjects, such as The Swing (c. 1766). BUY THIS POSTER NOW AT OUR eBAY STORE! Looking for a certain poster? |
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