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Jean-Antoine Watteau
1684-1721
Antoine Watteau Art Locations
He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the fete galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under FETE CHAMPETRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume, thus blurring references to both time and place.
Watteau work was widely collected during his lifetime and influenced a number of other painters in the decades following his death, especially in France and England. His drawings were particularly admired. Documented facts about Watteau life are notoriously few, though several friends wrote about him after his death (see Champion). Of over two hundred paintings generally accepted as his work
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The Indiscretion
mk86
1717
Oil on canvas
50x41cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
Painting ID:: 33756
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The_Indiscretion
mk86
1717
Oil on canvas
50x41cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Gilles
mk86
1721
Oil on canvas
184x149cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
Painting ID:: 33757
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Gilles
mk86
1721
Oil on canvas
184x149cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
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Fetes Venetiennes
mk86
1719
Oil on canvas
56x46cm
Edinburgh,National Gallery of Scotoland
Painting ID:: 33758
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Fetes_Venetiennes
mk86
1719
Oil on canvas
56x46cm
Edinburgh,National Gallery of Scotoland
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Pilgrimage to the island of cythera
mk96
1717
129x194cm
Painting ID:: 34726
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Pilgrimage_to_the_island_of_cythera
mk96
1717
129x194cm
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The scale of love
mk96
about 1725
51x58cm
Painting ID:: 34727
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The_scale_of_love
mk96
about 1725
51x58cm
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Jean-Antoine_Watteau
1684-1721
Antoine Watteau Art Locations
He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the fete galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under FETE CHAMPETRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume, thus blurring references to both time and place.
Watteau work was widely collected during his lifetime and influenced a number of other painters in the decades following his death, especially in France and England. His drawings were particularly admired. Documented facts about Watteau life are notoriously few, though several friends wrote about him after his death (see Champion). Of over two hundred paintings generally accepted as his work
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