Watteau at the Wallace Collection / Christoph Martin Vogtherr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogtherr, Christoph Martin.

Contributor:

Wallace Collection (London, England)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721--Exhibitions.

Watteau, Antoine.

Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Wallace Collection, [2011]

Summary:

One of the most famous and influential artists of the eighteenth century, Jean-Antoine Watteau (c. 1684-1721) fundamentally changed the course of French painting. With masterpieces such as Les charmes de la vie, Lady at her Toilet and Les Champs Élisées, the Wallace Collection preserves one of the three outstanding collections of his paintings worldwide (together with Paris and Berlin) but it has never before been the subject of a special exhibition or a separate study. Continuing the series of monographs highlighting important works by masters in the Wallace Collection, this book discusses in depth all eight paintings by Watteau in the Collection and two of his lesser-known works at the Soane Museum and in York. Each of the paintings, which together span his entire career and represent many aspects of his work, will form the starting point for a chapter of the book.

Contents:

From Flanders to Paris

Watteau and theatre

A painter for the art market

The artist at work : drawings, paintings, versions

Watteau, the academician : emulation and translation

Pendants and prints

The erotic and the indecent

Paris/London/Paris

Art without subject : Watteau's impact

The Hertford family, the 4th Marquess and Watteau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149) and index.

ISBN:

9780900785849

0900785845

OCLC:

711831473