François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
Illustration — The Battle of the Pyramids (1798–1799; in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes) François Louis Joseph Watteau (18 August 1758, Lille – 1 December 1823, Lille), known like his father as the Watteau of Lille, was a French painter, active in his birthplace. He was the son of the painter Louis Joseph Watteau (1731–1798) and grandson of Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756) – Noël was the brother of Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of "fêtes galantes". From 1808 to his death, he was deputy curator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, which his father had helped to found.
Also recorded as Watteau de Lille · François Watteau · fils M. Watteau · Watteau de Lille II
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau · The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. · Public domain
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Louis Joseph Watteau
- Languages
- French
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — The Battle of the Pyramids (1798–1799; in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes) François Louis Joseph Watteau (18 August 1758, Lille – 1 December 1823, Lille), known like his father as the Watteau of Lille, was a French painter, active in his birthplace. He was the son of the painter Louis Joseph Watteau (1731–1798) and grandson of Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756) – Noël was the brother of Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of "fêtes galantes". From 1808 to his death, he was deputy curator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, which his father had helped to found.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for François-Louis-Joseph Watteau. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3086052 · wikipedia · François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
In this article
Works
Works
Training under Louis Joseph Watteau is recorded. Louis Joseph César Ducornet is recorded as having studied under François-Louis-Joseph Watteau. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are École des beaux-arts de Lille. Work by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Bowes Museum, Musée Cognacq-Jay and Palace Museum in Wilanów.
• The Procession in Lille in 1789, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille • 1799, The siege of Beauvais in 1472, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes • c. 1803, La Fête du Broquelet, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau, Francois-Louis-Joseph Watteau - The Storm - WGA25499
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau · Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork wga QS:P11807,"/w/watteau/louis/thestorm"
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau, Watteau de Lille Park scene
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1758
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was born on 18 August 1758.
1823
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau died on 1 December 1823.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was born at Valenciennes.
Birthplace
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau died at Lille.
Deathplace
Valenciennes.
Birth place
Lille.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “François-Louis-Joseph Watteau”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3086052: François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,183 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- François-Joseph NavezArtist
- François-Léon BenouvilleArtist
- François-Louis DejuinneArtist
- François-Louis GounodArtist
- François-Xavier FabreArtist
- Françoise AdnetArtist
- Françoise CloarecArtist
- Françoise DuparcArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.