Patrick Bade
From Watteau to Fragonard
Summary
Patrick Bade discusses the art and artists that set the tone of the Ancien Regime, namely Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806).
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.
No, I don’t think it, until, I think now that the Wallace Collection has managed to break its rules that it, before, it could never lend a picture. So the Wallace Collection was not allowed to lend pictures. So I don’t think the Fragonard “Swing” has ever been in the National Gallery.
Oh my God, that’s a whole lecture. You have the color, the curving lines, the frothiness. I could go on and on and on about that.