Jean-Antoine Watteau
French painter of the Rococo era
Died when: 36 years 281 days (441 months)Star Sign: Libra
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: /'w?to?/, US: /w?'to?/, French: [??~ ?~twan vato]; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air.
Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.
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