Honoré Fragonard
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Honoré Fragonard | |
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Born | 13 June 1732 Grasse, France |
Died | 5 April 1799 (66 years old) Charenton, France |
Nationality | French |
Known for | His work as an anatomist, specialising in écorchés |
Honoré Fragonard (13 June 1732 – 5 April 1799) was a French anatomist, now remembered primarily for his remarkable collection of écorchés (flayed figures) in the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort.
Fragonard was born in
Fragonard was careful in his dissections and preserved the results via means never divulged, but which may have been based on those of Jean-Joseph Sue. His pieces were often prepared for theatrical effect rather than scientific exhibition, as can be seen in the surviving pieces in the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort. In 1793, along with his cousin, he became a member of the Jury national des arts, and in the following year the Commission temporaire des arts.[2] In this position he collected his work at Alfort for an envisioned Office national d'anatomie; but it never materialized and most of his work was dispersed. Despondent, he subsequently was named director of anatomy at the newly created École de santé de Paris, but died in Charenton on 5 April 1799.
Honoré Fragonard in fiction
- Honoré Fragonard appears in a brief but important role in Susanne Alleyn's historical mystery novel The Cavalier of the Apocalypse (2009).
- Fragonard is the central character of the French novel Le Cousin de Fragonard (2006) by Patrick Roegiers.
- Fragonard and one of his works is mentioned in the novel Austerlitz (2001) by W.G. Sebald.
- Fragonard and his works appear on Javier Cobo's novel "Haereditatem".
See also
References
- Poulle-Drieux, Yvonne (1962). "Honoré Fragonard et le cabinet d'anatomie de l'École d'Alfort pendant la Révolution". Review d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications. 15: 153.
- Jonathan Simon, "Honoré Fragonard, anatomical virtuoso", in Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment, edited by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Blondel, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008.
- Marc Mammerickx, Claude Bourgelat, avocat des vétérinaires, 1971.
- Cozop article