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Snow at louveciennes Painting ID:: 34734
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Jean-Antoine Watteau Snow at louveciennes mk96
1875
61x50.5cm
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Regattas at Molesey Painting ID:: 34735
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Jean-Antoine Watteau Regattas at Molesey mk96
1874
66x91.5cm
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The Canal du loing at moret Painting ID:: 34736
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Jean-Antoine Watteau The Canal du loing at moret mk96
1892
73x93cm
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The church at Moret,Evening Painting ID:: 34737
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Jean-Antoine Watteau The church at Moret,Evening mk96
1894
81x100cm
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Harlequin,Pierrot and Scapin Painting ID:: 37417
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Jean-Antoine Watteau Harlequin,Pierrot and Scapin mk126
1716
Oil on canvas
28x24.6cm
Musee Anne de Beaujeu
Moulins
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Jean-Antoine Watteau
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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 |
Related Artists::. | WEST, Benjamin | Ridolfo Ghirlandaio | Jacopo Vignali | |
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