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Good morning -- time for Resplendent! Shimmering brocaded silk with silver threads & metallic lace embellishments, c1760. For more: https://t.co/aPgsURv4c4

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2019-11-30

Watteau, 1710-16, museo de bellas artes, troyes

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2019-11-15

Born This Day (1684) Antoine Watteau French helped revive interest in colour & movement in the tradition of Rubens & Correggio & re-energised a flagging style introducing the less formally classical style invented charmingly theatrical Fête galante genre

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2019-10-10

tell me have u seen anyone more beautiful i love you watteau king

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2019-10-10

nobu’s said that when you learn why watteau is Like That then you’ll love him even more, which i assume means that he, like the real watteau, is sickly as hell and enjoying every day of his life with reckless abandon bc who knows if he’ll live to tomorrow

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2019-09-18

Painting at Bedtime.
The Perfect Accord.
Jean-Antoine Watteau.

Watteau was a French painter in the Baroque and Rococo styles. The less formal and theatrical Rococo was perfect for Watteau's invention of the fete galante or courtship party featuring colourful country settings.

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2019-08-22

21 July 1798 Battle of the Pyramids where Napoleonic forces defeat the Ottomans and Mamluks near Cairo in what was a decisive victory with minimal losses for Napoleon. (Painting by François-Watteau)

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2019-07-21

18 juillet 1721 : Décès d’Antoine Watteau, peintre français

Etude d'une jeune fille portant un chapeau

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2019-07-18

I love Watteau's paintings so much. The "fêtes galantes" in the woods...

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2019-06-14

https://t.co/eJXBFZh2fh
Pierre-Auguste Renoir – The White Pierrot (Jean Renoir) / Jean-Antoine Watteau - Pierrot / Pablo Picasso - Portrait of Paulo as Pierrot / Guillaume Seignac - Pierrot's Embrace

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2019-03-05

"To use colour well is as difficult as for a fish to pass from water to air or earth."
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~Hommage à Watteau, 1918~

(by Canvass Tube Art Gallery)

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2019-03-05

A fête galante is a depiction of a romantic party where lavishly dressed couples enjoy each others' company in an outdoor garden setting. These are by Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) and Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891).

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2019-01-29

"Les Plaisirs du bal" (the pleasures of the ball) by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721). He is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air.

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2019-01-04



Engraving titled "Gallerie des Modes et du Costume Français: Grande coiffure et ajustement à la Caravanne" by François Watteau, 1778 -1787.

Courtesy Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, CC BY

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2018-12-27

Antoine Watteau, was a French painter known for his fusion of Rococo and Baroque styles.
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2018-10-24

Characterized by paintings that depict sumptuously dressed aristocrats in nature settings, Antoine Watteau’s distinct style forged the creation of an entirely new genre
termed fête galante. , stand 355, will bring this study to TEFAF New York Fall.

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2018-09-10