FRAGA

(41° 30’ N., 0° 15’ E.), town, Huesca, Spain; formerly in hands of 7 Moors, well fortified till Peninsular War. Pop. 7,000.; a) (1732-1806), a French painter, b. at Gra e, Provence; studied under Chard in and Boucher in 1752, won the Prix de Rome. He then went to Italy, and was much influenced by the work of the Venetian painter Tiepolo. He illustrated In 1765 he returned to France, and executed ‘Callirrhoé’, commi ioned by Louis XV. for reproduction in tapestry. Several of his most famous tapestries are owned by collectors in the United States. He produced several decorative paintings and many landscapes, and also worked in pastel and water-color and engraved, but his best known works are genre paintings of contemporary life, notable for their humanity, free drawing, and charming color. Many are in the Louvre, including ‘Bacchante Asleep’, ‘Nymphs at the Bath’, ‘Music Le on’, ‘The Guitar Player’, ‘Cupid and a Girl’, ‘The Happy Mother’ and ‘The Oradle’.