Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (26 October 1780 - 10 November 1850), French painter, sculptor.
His first teachers were his father and the French artist David. Fragonard managed in his early years to atract the attention of the artists and collectors with his talented drawings. He made his debut at the Salon, in 1793, and later produced several medium canvases. During the French Revolution he painted a series of alegorical compositions, such as La Republique Francaise.
In the Empire period he was already considered a talented and important painter and sculptor and in 1801 he participated in a competition for La Paix d'Amiens, after which he received several commisions. He sculpted the pediment of the Palais Bourbon in Paris, but his work was destroyed in 1830. In 1812 he began working at the bas-reliefs for the obelisque which was meant to be built in Pont Neuf, Paris, in memory of the Prussian campaign, but the plan was never accomplished.
