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Jean Antoine Watteau
Antoine Watteau, geboren am 10. Oktober 1684 in Valenciennes, war ein französischer Maler des Rokoko.
Antoine Watteau erhielt eine Malerausbildung und war in den Jahren von 1703-08 Mitarbeiter im Atelier Claude Gillots. Watteau beschäftigte mit den Arbeiten von Peter Paul Rubens, Antonis van Dyck und Tizian Vecellio und fuhr für die Arbeit an Szenen aus dem Soldatenleben 1709 nach Valenciennes, einem damaligen Kriegsschauplatz. Sein Gönner war der Bankier P. Crozat, der Watteau seid 1715 förderte und ihm Zugang zu seiner privaten Kunstsammlung gewährte. 1712 wurde Watteau in die Akademie in Paris aufgenommen. Bedeutende Werke Watteaus waren: "Einschiffung nach Kythera" (1717), "L'indifférent", "Liebe auf dem Lande" (1718), "Das Ladenschild des Kunsthändlers Gersaint" und "Gilles". Er prägte zudem den Bildtypus der "Fêtes galantes".
Antoine Watteau starb am 18. Juli 1721 in Nogent-sur-Marne bei Paris.
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