100 Great Artists

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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ANTOINE WATTEAU


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f(Jrmality "sid, in ["'-(JUr,, 'P"nrlm,iry. 711, fi-is.on hm,w" lb." fo1lr
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"'hing "'x"'" (J< ugly is :i<lm~t<,1 n)
the p.rkland p.,..dis<: of Anwine
\ \'atll:au, major French p.inter and
piofleer uf Roc"C<). Ilis genius ~" "'Jllll_"iti(JIl
fills soft landscapes ",·ith degant silk_dad
couniers, musicians and cheruh. at play. At th<
SIn'" t~ne, \\'atteau's i(I).'lIic world has an air of
theatricalitl" cxpbin<>ll".. the flct that he Ofl""
worked with a theatrical designer. Gillot
designed dttor and C,,''''meS ~" the O pera and
was a p.inter of the fashionable Italian

new offer 1 .... 1 him'" Au<iNn, CurlnJt .. the
Palais de Luxembourg. Not mil' did Audran
initiate \\'atteau inn) the ,k:""",ti,'e p.inting
"yle of cbi"",,,ri,, he al,o intn. It., .... 1 him to the
magnificent ,\blid q'de, pmd,"",d I".. Ruben s
~Jt th< do,,~ gt:r 'Jut..::n ,\ larie.
Rubens prob.bly prm'ided the 'p.rk fUr
\ \'attC3U'S cn:atinn of the 1''' galan" (ka>t of
couruhip). a genn: So new that the French
AC1dt,llY had tn (b'L«:: the Il:rm when they
aU"l'll:d EmN'*ati(k/ for Cytlm-a as Waneau's
w,",""Jia ddl"ar" <·har""",,,, which \\'atll:au diploma piece. Watteau's pUI,;ls La nc":t
often used. and PattT perpet""ted his St}ic, hut the fiu
For ,u ne "",-'on, their l"rtn<:rShip end .... 1 gal""u ,~d OOt last much hq'ond the R.:){'()co
after four }TarS, .lthough W.tteau was peri« !. Ilowc,'er, Watteau as a colouri,t
no~)rious ~" his irritahility and intra nsigcnce u'ntinu .... l to in'pin: p.inll:rS as late as the Neo-
to""",I. organi .... tiofl of any kind. ]-]oweVL"t, a Imlll"essiofli,ts.
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