Antoine Watteau
- 1684–1721
- 18th century
- France
- Rococo
Watteau invents the fête galante — elegant figures in silk drifting through dreamy parkland, touched with music, flirtation and faint melancholy. Feathery, shimmering brushwork.
Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a painter from France, associated with Rococo.
An ornate 18th-century style of pastel colour, feathery brushwork, and playful, sensual lightness. Rococo →
More Rococo painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, William Hogarth.
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