Jean antoine watteau

Oil on canvas; 92 x 127 cm. Painter, one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th century naturalism and realism. Hollósy, who came from an Armenian family in Máramarossziget, learnt to paint in Budapest and Munich where he painted "Corn Husking" in 1885, which brought him success in Hungary and abroad. He criticized training at the Academy and founded a private school in 1886 where he gathered young talents around him who were interested in realistic protrayal. He opened the way to…

Detail: Fêtes Vénitiennes is a 1719 painting by Jean Antoine Watteau, now in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, to which it was bequeathed in 1861 by Lady Murray of Henderland, widow of John Murray, Lord Murray. It takes its title from a 1732 engraving of the work by Laurent Cars and is derived from the Venetian styles of dress and dancing shown in the work, the former inspired by the commedia dell'arte. It belongs to the fêtes galantes genre created by Watteau.

This is a large exhibition in terms of number of items, but a vast one in terms of scope. It sets out to track the legacy of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577 to 1640), one of the most in…

List of famous Rococo artists, with images, bios, and information about their notable works. All the greatest artists associated with the Rococo movement are ...

Often attributed to its leader, Nat Turner, the Southampton Rebellion was a natural consequence of the brutal Southern slave system This 1863 engraving depicts Nat Turner and some of his fellow rebels © Alamy In 1831, a group of enslaved people in Virginia launched a 36-hour rampage that left almost 60 White people dead. Although the White establishment was desperate to paint the incident as an anomalous plot organised by a bloodthirsty barbarian, the reality spoke for itself. It was the…

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Jean-Antoine Watteau's sensuously painted Rococo canvases conveyed courtly love and ideas of reverie, longing, and utopia.

The Scale of Love, 1715-18, Jean-Antoine Watteau

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