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WATTEAU, Antoine
(1684?C1721).
French painter of Flemish descent, b. Valenciennes. Until 1704 poverty forced him to work in the shops of mediocre artists, where he produced genre and devotional subjects. In 1704?C8 he studied in the studio of Claude Gillot, an adept painter of scenes of theatrical life, which later became the subject of some of Watteau's finest paintings, such as Love in the Italian Theatre and Love in the French Theatre (both: Berlin). In 1708?C9 Watteau worked with the decorator Claude Audran. Watteau attracted the attention of eminent patrons in his last years, including the comte de Caylus, his biographer, and in 1717 he was made a full member of the Acad??mie royale. The Embarkation for Cythera (1717; Louvre) is characteristic of his art; it is a delicate, courtly fantasy, represented in warm and shimmering pastel tones that place him among the great colorists of all time. A lyric, Giorgionesque quality pervades his airy, gay, and sensuous scenes, which have a poignancy that none of his followers attained. Out of the most fleeting aspects of life he created an enduring and individual art. His exquisite paintings influenced fashion and garden design in the 18th cent. Other outstanding works include Gilles (Louvre), Perspective (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), Mezzetin (Metropolitan Mus.), and Gersaint's Shop Sign (1719; Berlin). |
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Dance
1716-18
Oil on canvas, 97 x 116 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Italian Comedians21
c. 1720
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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WATTEAU, Antoine
L Enseigne de Gersaint
1720
Oil on canvas, 163 x 306 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Harlequin, Emperor on the Moon
1707
Oil on canvas
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Island of Cythera
1709
Oil on canvas
Städtische Galerie, Municipal Art Institute, Frankfurt
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Fortune Tellers
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Oil on panel
Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Bivouac
1710
Oil on canvas
Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
On the March
1710
Oil on canvas
City Art Gallery, York.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Burdens of War
1713
Oil on copper
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Respite from War
1713
Oil on copper
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Party of Four
1713
Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Marriage Contract
1713
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Gathering by the Fountain of Neptune
1714
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The French Theater
1714
Oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Italian Theater
1717
Oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
The Pleasures of the Ball
1717
Oil on canvas
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Summer
1717
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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WATTEAU, Antoine
An Embarrassing Proposal
mk156
c.1716
Oil on canvas
65x85cm
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WATTEAU, Antoine
A Love Festival
mk156
1717
Oil on canvas
61x75cm
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WATTEAU, Antoine
Gilles
mk156
1717-19
Oil on canvas
185x150cm
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(1684?C1721).
French painter of Flemish descent, b. Valenciennes. Until 1704 poverty forced him to work in the shops of mediocre artists, where he produced genre and devotional subjects. In 1704?C8 he studied in the studio of Claude Gillot, an adept painter of scenes of theatrical life, which later became the subject of some of Watteau's finest paintings, such as Love in the Italian Theatre and Love in the French Theatre (both: Berlin). In 1708?C9 Watteau worked with the decorator Claude Audran. Watteau attracted the attention of eminent patrons in his last years, including the comte de Caylus, his biographer, and in 1717 he was made a full member of the Acad??mie royale. The Embarkation for Cythera (1717; Louvre) is characteristic of his art; it is a delicate, courtly fantasy, represented in warm and shimmering pastel tones that place him among the great colorists of all time. A lyric, Giorgionesque quality pervades his airy, gay, and sensuous scenes, which have a poignancy that none of his followers attained. Out of the most fleeting aspects of life he created an enduring and individual art. His exquisite paintings influenced fashion and garden design in the 18th cent. Other outstanding works include Gilles (Louvre), Perspective (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), Mezzetin (Metropolitan Mus.), and Gersaint's Shop Sign (1719; Berlin).
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