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Antoine Watteau
(10th Oct, 1684 - 18th Jul, 1721)
La Vraie gaieté
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojéda / Thierry Le Mage
Musée des beaux-arts de Valenciennes
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Keywords:
musician (profession)
in action
genre scene
dancer (man)
dancer (woman) (profession)
villager
village celebration
daily life scene
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About the artwork
Title:
La Vraie gaieté
Periods:
18th century
modern age
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
oil on wood
Dimensions:
231 x 172
Inventory number:
P75-1
About the author(s)
Author:
Antoine Watteau
Also known as:
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Wataux
Antuan Vatto
Jean-Antoine Vatteau
Jean Antoine Wateau
Jean-Antoine Vateau
Jean-Antoine Wattaux
Jean-Antoine Wattau
Jean-Antoine Watteax
Jean-Antoine Watteaux
Born:
10th Oct, 1684
Dead:
18th Jul, 1721
Country:
royaume de France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-Antoine Watteau
(French:
[ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]
; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721), better known as
Antoine Watteau
, was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of
fêtes galantes
, scenes of bucolic and idyllic…
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