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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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Gilles
between 1717(1717) and 1719(1719)
Oil on canvas
184 x 149 cm (72.4 x 58.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 79029
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Gilles
between 1717(1717) and 1719(1719)
Oil on canvas
184 x 149 cm (72.4 x 58.7 in)
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Die Champs elyssees, Detail
c. 1717
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 81862
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Die_Champs_elyssees,_Detail
c. 1717
Medium Oil on canvas
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Gathering in the Park
Date between 1716(1716) and 1717(1717)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 32 cm (12.6 in). Width: 46 cm (18.1 in).
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Painting ID:: 84023
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Gathering_in_the_Park
Date between 1716(1716) and 1717(1717)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 32 cm (12.6 in). Width: 46 cm (18.1 in).
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The Judgment of Paris
Date between 1718(1718) and 1721(1721)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 47 cm (18.5 in). Width: 31 cm (12.2 in).
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Painting ID:: 84088
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The_Judgment_of_Paris
Date between 1718(1718) and 1721(1721)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 47 cm (18.5 in). Width: 31 cm (12.2 in).
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Polish Woman
1717(1717)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 36.5 x 28.5 cm (14.4 x 11.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 87946
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Polish_Woman
1717(1717)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 36.5 x 28.5 cm (14.4 x 11.2 in)
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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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