The paintings of the artist Jean-Honore Fragonard, 1732 -1806
could have held pride of place among the setting of
Meadham Kirchhoff, rococo-inspired, s/s 2013 runway presentation.
Fragonard’s famous painting, The Swing, is ripe with the opulence
and cheekiness, which characterised rococo works.
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The story depicted in the painting:
Setting: an ornate garden
Scene: a young woman seated on a swing in mid-air,
being pushed by an elderly gentleman/husband (?),
a lover/admirer watches from the bushes, taking full advantage of the
view offered, under the woman’s raised skirts,
a rococo.
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The Swing by Jean-Honore Fragonard
which is on permanent display,
can be viewed at The Wallace Collection – London, UK
(image from wallacecollection.org/thecollection)
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