Louis Joseph Watteau
Illustration — Portrait by Henri A. C. de Mailly, 1798 Louis Joseph Watteau (10 April 1731 – 17 August 1798), known as the Watteau of Lille (a title also given to his son) was a French painter active in Lille. Watteau was born in Valenciennes. His father Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756) was brother to Jean-Antoine Watteau, a painter of fêtes galantes, and he was himself father to the painter François Watteau.
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Louis Joseph Watteau
Henri A. C. de Mailly · Own work - Velvet · Public domain
- Full name
- Louis-Joseph Watteau.
- Born
- 1731 · Valenciennes.
- Died
- 1798 · Lille.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · teacher · artist
- Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
- Teachers
- Jacques Dumont le Romain
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait by Henri A. C. de Mailly, 1798 Louis Joseph Watteau (10 April 1731 – 17 August 1798), known as the Watteau of Lille (a title also given to his son) was a French painter active in Lille. Watteau was born in Valenciennes. His father Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756) was brother to Jean-Antoine Watteau, a painter of fêtes galantes, and he was himself father to the painter François Watteau.
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He played a decisive role in the foundation of what would become the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille, opened in 1803, by producing the first ever. He died in Lille, aged 67.
Louis Joseph Watteau studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Training under Jacques Dumont le Romain is recorded. François-Louis-Joseph Watteau and Jean-Baptiste Wicar are recorded as having studied under Louis Joseph Watteau. The recorded working language is French. Work by Louis Joseph Watteau is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Bowes Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai and Liege Fine Arts Museum.
• La Jolie colombe, oil on wood, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes • La 14ème expérience aérostatique de M. Blanchard, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille • Le Bombardement de Lille, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille • Le retour des Aéronautes Blanchard et Lépinard, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille
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