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Jean-Antoine Watteau
1684-1721
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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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Embarking for Cythera
mk141
1710
Oil on canvas
43x53cm
Painting ID:: 38740
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Embarking_for_Cythera
mk141
1710
Oil on canvas
43x53cm
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Seated Persian
mk155
1715
Red Chalk and pierre noire on parchment
30x19cm
Painting ID:: 39926
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Seated_Persian
mk155
1715
Red Chalk and pierre noire on parchment
30x19cm
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Mezzetin
mk161
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 41291
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Mezzetin
mk161
Oil on canvas
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The Scale of Love
mk170
1715-1718
Oil on canvas
50.8x59.7cm
Painting ID:: 43241
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The_Scale_of_Love
mk170
1715-1718
Oil on canvas
50.8x59.7cm
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Museum national the Franzosische Komodie
mk186
around 1716 Berlin foundation, Gemaldegalerie
Painting ID:: 45495
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Museum_national_the_Franzosische_Komodie
mk186
around 1716 Berlin foundation, Gemaldegalerie
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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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