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Article: Watteau, Antoine (Born Jean-Antoine; 1689–1721)
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WATTEAU, ANTOINE (born Jean-Antoine; 1689
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1721)
WATTEAU, ANTOINE
(born Jean-Antoine; 1689
–
1721), French painter. Antoine Watteau was born in Valenciennes in northern France in humble circumstances. By the end of his short life (he died at 32 of tuberculosis), he was a celebrated painter in Paris. Today, he is generally considered to be the father of the rococo style because he developed the
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te galante,
'gallant party', as a subject; it became a hallmark of the era's painting. Watteau's work in particular, and the rococo style in general, reflect a major transformation of the French art world. At the beginning of Watteau's lifetime, King Louis XIV (ruled 1643
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