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0  Reunion en plein air
0  Temptation of St Anthony outer wings of the triptych WGA
0  The Embarkation for Cythera WGA

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4  BOSCH Hieronymus St Jerome In Prayer
4  BOSCH Hieronymus St Jerome In Prayer detail
4  Head of a Man WGA

4  Kneeling Male Nude CGF
4 Watteau Jean-Antoine Mezzetin WGA by French oil painting old paintings artists

4  Portrait of a Gentleman WGA

4 The Man Tree WGA

4  The Shepherds detail CGF
5  Actors from a French Theatre detail CGF

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5  St John on Patmos WGA
5  The Toilette WGA

5  Three Studies of a Boy CGF

5  Two Cousins WGA

Watteau Antoine
(1684-1721)

A French rococo artist whose charming and graceful paintings show his interest in theater and ballet, Antoine Watteau is probably best known for his fetes galantes. These romantic and idealized scenes depict elaborately costumed ladies and gentlemen at play in fanciful outdoor settings.

Jean-Antoine Watteau was born on Oct. 10, 1684, in Valenciennes, France. In 1702 Watteau Antoine traveled to Paris, where Watteau Antoine supported himself by turning out religious pictures and copying the works of popular Dutch artists. In 1704 Watteau Antoine began studying with Claude Gillot. Gillot, who designed and executed scenery for the stage, passed on to Watteau his love of the Italian theater and the characters from the commedia dell'arte.
In 1708 Watteau began working with Claude Audran, who had the care of the treasures at the Luxembourg Palace. This collection included a group of scenes from the life of Marie de' Medici painted in the early 1600s by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens's influence can also be seen in Watteau's work. In 1709-10 Watteau returned to Valenciennes, where Watteau Antoine executed a series of military scenes. In the years 1710-12 Watteau Antoine painted the first of three versions of the myth of Cythera, the island of love for which pilgrims embark but never arrive. The paintings represented impossible dreams, the revenge of madness on reason and of freedom on moral rules.
Watteau returned to Paris and in 1715 was befriended by Pierre Crozat, a rich financier and art collector who owned a splendid collection of Flemish and Italian paintings and who admired Watteau's paintings. Watteau lived for a time in the residence of Crozat, but after a while Watteau Antoine left to live in seclusion. This began the period of his major paintings, including the fetes galantes.
By 1719 Watteau was suffering from tuberculosis. That year Watteau Antoine traveled to London to see a noted physician, Richard Mead, for whom Watteau Antoine painted The Italian Comedians. In 1720 Watteau Antoine returned to Paris and stayed with his friend E.F. Gersaint, an art dealer. For him Watteau Antoine did Enseigne de Gersaint, a painting of the interior of Gersaint's shop intended for use as a signboard. Watteau's health continued to fail, and Watteau Antoine moved to Nogent-sur-Marne just east of Paris, where Watteau Antoine died on July 18, 1721. - bio Watteau Jean Antoine oil painting artist oil paintings - Watteau Jean Antoine French oil painting artist – artist oil painting Watteau Jean Antoine’s bio by French artists oil paintings artist supply of artists oil paintings Watteau.
The paintings of Watteau and his fellow rococo painters Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard fell from favor in the late 1700s. His work was not fully appreciated again until the mid-1800s.
Pierrot (also known as Gilles)
c. 1718-19; Oil on canvas; 184 x 149 cm; Musée du Louvre, Paris
One of the few things we can be sure about, in this famous but enigmatic work, is the fact that Gilles is a Pierrot. Watteau may have painted it as a sign for the café run by the former actor, Belloni, who made his name as a Pierrot. The model, a friend or another actor, is unknown. Standing with his arms dangling at his sides, with a dreamy, naive look on his face, the moonstruck Pierrot stands out monumentally and idiosyncratically against a leafy Italianate background. At the foot of the mound, reminiscent of a fairground stage, four half-hidden figures--the Doctor on his donkey, Léandre, Isabelle and the Capitaine--contribute to the singularity of the composition and the poetic drama.
Les Charmes de la vie (The Delights of Life)
Oil on canvas, 69 x 90 cm; The Wallace Collection, London
Les Charmes de la vie (The Delights of Life; detail)
Oil on canvas, 69 x 90 cm; The Wallace Collection, London
Le Faux pas (The Misstep)
Oil on canvas, 40 x 31.5 cm; Musée du Louvre, Paris
Mezzetin
Sous un habit de Mezzetin (In Mezzetin's Costume)
Oil on canvas, 28 x 21 cm; The Wallace Collection, London
The Perspective
Oil on canvas; 46.9 x 56.7 cm; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pilgrimage to Cythera
Oil on canvas; 129 x 194 cm; Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
Pilgrimage to Cythera (detail)
Oil on canvas; 129 x 194 cm; Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
Plaisirs d'amour (The Pleasures of Love)
Oil on canvas, 61 x 75 cm; Gemaldegalerie, Dresden
Reunion en plein air (Meeting in the Open Air)
Oil on canvas, 60 x 75 cm; Gemaldegalerie, Dresden
Voulez-vous triompher des Belles ? (Do You Want to Succeed with Women ?)

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