A YOUNG GIRL READING is aglow with the softest of umbers, the rich colour darkening and paling as it follows the girl's contours. There is contrast between the frills and ribbons on the girl's neck and chest and the round body.

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Jean-Honore Fragonard followed Boucher. He came from a town in the south-east of France called Grasse. Fragonard was a fast and spontaneous painter. He was as skilled as his teacher Boucher in sharing his pleasure in young women and their bodies but he also concentrated more on emotions.