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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Jean-Antoine Watteau Pilgrimage to Cythera (mk08) oil


Pilgrimage to Cythera (mk08)
Painting ID::  21864
Pilgrimage to Cythera (mk08)
c.1718/19 Oil on canvas 129x194cm Berlin,Staaliche Museen zu Berlin, Schlob Charlottenburg
   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau Gills (mk08) oil


Gills (mk08)
Painting ID::  21866
Gills (mk08)
1721 Oil on canvas 184x149cm Paris,Musee National du Louvre
   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau The Indiscretion (mk08) oil


The Indiscretion (mk08)
Painting ID::  21867
The Indiscretion (mk08)
1717 Oil on canvas 50x41cm Paris,Musee National du Louvre
   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau Fetes Venetiennes (mk08) oil


Fetes Venetiennes (mk08)
Painting ID::  21870
Fetes Venetiennes (mk08)
1719 Oil on canvas, 56x46cm Edinburgh,National Gallery of Scotland
   
   
     

Jean-Antoine Watteau An Embarrassing Proposal oil


An Embarrassing Proposal
Painting ID::  29365
An Embarrassing Proposal
mk65 ca.1716 Oil on canvas 25 1/2x33"
mk65 ca.1716 Oil_on_canvas 25_1/2x33"
   
   
     

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     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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