Louis Joseph Watteau

Louis Joseph Watteau (1731–1798) was a French painter, teacher and artist.

Also recorded as Louis Watteau; Watteau de Lille I; Watteau Of Lille I Watteau; Watteau de Lille; Louis-Joseph Watteau; Louis Vateau.

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Overview

Recorded at birth as Louis-Joseph Watteau.

Also worked under the name Watteau de Lille.

Born at Valenciennes in 1731, died at Lille in 1798.

In detail

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.

Sources

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    “Louis Joseph Watteau”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2116026: Louis Joseph Watteau

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