How Did Jean Antoine Watteau Influence His Artist
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU
AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU
AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER
Who was Jean-Antoine Watteau?
Gradually drifting away from the seventeenth century Baroque style, French painting of the eighteenth century embraced the Rococo. One of the most influential and acclaimed artists of this era was Jean-Antoine Watteau. Watteau undoubtedly mapped the path of new artistic advancements in France. He was a former costume designer of a small, provincial town that evolved into a master of the fêtes galantes genre painting. He became pupil to the theatrical painter Claude Gillot and eventual member of the prestigious Académie. Consequently, it should come …show more content…
Crozat was born in Toulouse in 1665 and arrived in Paris around 1685 where he focused on his private business affairs and devoted his time to the arts.30 Crozat was a banker, art and curiosity collector, and happened to be intimately intertwined in the high society.31 In the early eighteenth century, his hôtel particulier in Paris increasingly became a renowned artistic center in France.32 His collections closely reflected to the “official” taste of his day, meaning the Académie Royale approved it. Since Watteau had recently been accepted in the Académie, he was granted the opportunity of being introduced to Crozat at his hôtel.33 Crozat owned a mansion in Montmorency, north of Paris.34 From time to time, Watteau traveled there to stay at Crozat’s country home where he more than likely would have witnessed the leisure activity of elite firsthand.35 These visits ultimately helped to inspire Watteau to create the new fêtes galantes paintings. In 1715, Watteau completed La Perspective (View through the Trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat) (Figure 2), a fêtes galantes oil painting that clearly depicts the Château de Montmorency in the background. Watteau freely transformed the site by creating a fantasy world setting of towering trees and graceful figures.36 Crozat commissioned a series of large oval paintings depicting the Four Seasons for his dining room in …show more content…
The Art Bulletin. Watteau 's "Pilgrimage to Cythera" and the Subversive Utopia of the Opera-Ballet. Vol. Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 461-478. College Art Association, 2001. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3177238 (accessed March 17, 2013).
Crow, Thomas E. Painters and Public Life in 18th-Century Paris. Yale University Press, 1985.
Crow, Thomas. Representations. Codes of Silence: Historical Interpretation and the Art of Watteau. Vol. No. 12, pp. 2-14. University of California Press, 1985. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3043773 (accessed March 17, 2013).
Edwards, Jolynn. Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture of His Time.
Watteau Drawings: Artful and Natural. Edited by Mary D. Sheriff. University of Delaware Press, 2006.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2013. s.v. "Antoine Watteau." http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637696/Antoine-Watteau (accessed March 17, 2013).
Hattori, Cordélia. Master Drawings. Contemporary Drawings in the Collection of Pierre Crozat. Vol. 45, No. 1. Master Drawings Association, 2007. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20444490 (accessed April 30, 2013).
Hendy, Philip. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Watteau and Rubens.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU
AND THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED HIS CAREER
Who was Jean-Antoine Watteau?
Gradually drifting away from the seventeenth century Baroque style, French painting of the eighteenth century embraced the Rococo. One of the most influential and acclaimed artists of this era was Jean-Antoine Watteau. Watteau undoubtedly mapped the path of new artistic advancements in France. He was a former costume designer of a small, provincial town that evolved into a master of the fêtes galantes genre painting. He became pupil to the theatrical painter Claude Gillot and eventual member of the prestigious Académie. Consequently, it should come …show more content…
Crozat was born in Toulouse in 1665 and arrived in Paris around 1685 where he focused on his private business affairs and devoted his time to the arts.30 Crozat was a banker, art and curiosity collector, and happened to be intimately intertwined in the high society.31 In the early eighteenth century, his hôtel particulier in Paris increasingly became a renowned artistic center in France.32 His collections closely reflected to the “official” taste of his day, meaning the Académie Royale approved it. Since Watteau had recently been accepted in the Académie, he was granted the opportunity of being introduced to Crozat at his hôtel.33 Crozat owned a mansion in Montmorency, north of Paris.34 From time to time, Watteau traveled there to stay at Crozat’s country home where he more than likely would have witnessed the leisure activity of elite firsthand.35 These visits ultimately helped to inspire Watteau to create the new fêtes galantes paintings. In 1715, Watteau completed La Perspective (View through the Trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat) (Figure 2), a fêtes galantes oil painting that clearly depicts the Château de Montmorency in the background. Watteau freely transformed the site by creating a fantasy world setting of towering trees and graceful figures.36 Crozat commissioned a series of large oval paintings depicting the Four Seasons for his dining room in …show more content…
The Art Bulletin. Watteau 's "Pilgrimage to Cythera" and the Subversive Utopia of the Opera-Ballet. Vol. Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 461-478. College Art Association, 2001. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3177238 (accessed March 17, 2013).
Crow, Thomas E. Painters and Public Life in 18th-Century Paris. Yale University Press, 1985.
Crow, Thomas. Representations. Codes of Silence: Historical Interpretation and the Art of Watteau. Vol. No. 12, pp. 2-14. University of California Press, 1985. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3043773 (accessed March 17, 2013).
Edwards, Jolynn. Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture of His Time.
Watteau Drawings: Artful and Natural. Edited by Mary D. Sheriff. University of Delaware Press, 2006.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2013. s.v. "Antoine Watteau." http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637696/Antoine-Watteau (accessed March 17, 2013).
Hattori, Cordélia. Master Drawings. Contemporary Drawings in the Collection of Pierre Crozat. Vol. 45, No. 1. Master Drawings Association, 2007. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20444490 (accessed April 30, 2013).
Hendy, Philip. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Watteau and Rubens.