| 单词 | Watteau |
| 例句 | The details that seem teleported into his compact canvasses now hail from work by the likes of Frans Hals, Fragonard and Watteau. Artist of the week: Christopher Orr 2010-05-19T11:15:00Z Watteau declared more beautifully than any other artist that life is for living. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z The first section includes photographs of Edith at various ages — pregnant, with her children, alone — grouped with images of women by Gauguin, Degas and Watteau. Review: Emmet Gowin’s Poignant Pairings at the Morgan Library 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Some have doubted the attribution of the latter unsigned painting — yet it’s so good, who but Watteau could have painted it? The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “I am of the 18th century,” he said, thinking of Rococo masters like Watteau and Boucher. Art Review: Artist in Retreat: ?Late Renoir? in Philadelphia 2010-06-17T21:18:00Z Amsale featured a whisper of a Watteau with a tulle train and off-the-shoulder sleeves. What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Watteau is right there at the scene, the rehearsal, observing these people: that is what the drawings testify. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z Of the seven such works known to have survived, four are featured along with 13 related drawings in “Watteau’s Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France,” a captivating exhibition at the Frick Collection. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z With tiny figures of people scattered along the sandy banks, it conveys a feeling of peaceful coexistence between man and nature similar to Watteau’s fête galante but more realistic. Art Review | 'Masterpieces of European Painting From Dulwich Picture Gallery': At the Frick, Paintings From Dulwich Picture Gallery 2010-04-01T22:51:00Z The classical faces emerging from foliage recall the French painter Watteau, whose misty pastoral scenes are contemporary with Chiswick. Britain's garden state 2010-06-08T20:29:00Z When Mr. Schaefer first saw “The Italian Comedians” in London, he too was convinced that it was by Watteau. Inside Art: Hundreds of Works to Go to Whitney Museum and Pompidou Center 2012-03-15T22:00:00Z In their elegance his drawings, particularly those in coloured chalk, prefigure those of Watteau, another artist who loved the profil perdu – the turned cheek. Federico Barocci: divinity in the details 2013-02-16T09:01:00Z Much earlier, the 18th-century painter Watteau created a beautiful shop sign for an art shop that still survives and is revered as an artistic masterpiece. James Franco to work in Christmas shop – but is it art? 2012-11-20T11:58:04Z The red chalk Watteau worked in has a soft, fleshy warmth and he takes that tenderness into realms of the most acute visual evocation. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z An earlier version of this article misstated the origin of the name of the Watteau gown. What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Until the late 19th century it was said to be by Watteau, but then scholars changed their minds, suggesting it was by Watteau’s pupil Jean-Baptiste Pater. Inside Art: Hundreds of Works to Go to Whitney Museum and Pompidou Center 2012-03-15T22:00:00Z Watteau invented the popular motif of the fête galante, or courtship party, but this is a strange, even somewhat disquieting example. The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Absent are the usual rearing horses or glittering uniforms of military paintings; Watteau focused on the quiet moments amid the fighting, when soldiers played cards or smoked pipes. Watteau in Wartime, and a Miami Showcase for Anselm Kiefer 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z This show includes 150 of them: pen-and-ink, chalk, graphite and watercolor works from the likes of Tiepolo, Ingres, Watteau, Turner, Degas, Cassatt, Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse, Pollock and – oh, yeah – Picasso and Rembrandt. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The painting in question is fictional; the painter, Jean-Antoine Watteau, is not. Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z In the studio, Watteau used these figures like paper dolls, translating them into paint on canvas and composing oddly disjunctive scenes that seem at once ordinary and mysterious. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Watteau painted mostly the prosaic aspects of war, the quiet moments between battles. Emilio Fraia on Stories Within Stories 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Watteau scholar Colin Bailey, who borrowed the picture for New York’s Frick Museum when he was chief curator there, hailed it as the most important Watteau to come to market during his career. The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Unlike neo-Classical paintings of the day, in which figures and their relationships were articulated with unnaturally glassy precision, Watteau’s paintings convey a feeling that other people are unfathomably mysterious. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z I circled that sentence as I was reading, thinking it a nice distillation of both love’s folly and the mood of the fantastical Watteau. Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z As usual, Ms. Lucas makes every texture, color and shape count; the ensemble put me in mind of the lightness and delicacy of a painting by Watteau. Sarah Lucas, Unmasked: From Perverse to Profound 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z David Humphrey’s “Clown Girl,” a painting of a naked, sad female clown in a pastoral setting, updates Watteau to weird, bittersweet effect. Art In Review: ‘THE DOUBLE DIRTY DOZEN (& FRIENDS)’ 2012-09-06T20:05:12Z According to a museum spokesman, the Watteau does not now face a hold. The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Watteau seems more interested in their clothes and he poses them in their humanity. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z In 1999 she completed her most ambitious work to date, a large-scale pastorale reminiscent of Watteau that was 20 years in the making. Sylvia Sleigh, Provocative Portraitist and Feminist Artist, Dies at 94 2010-10-26T07:00:00Z The style of gown is named after the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau, not a train in Paris that was also named for the artist. What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z This traveling show includes works of the European masters Botticelli, El Greco, Watteau and Velázquez, alongside the British favorites Reynolds, Gainsborough and Constable. Masterpieces From Scotland Visit the Frick 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The hint of romantic rivalry may have been personal: At a late stage of the painting, Watteau reworked the men’s faces to suggest his own features and those of his friend Nicolas Vleughels. Masterpieces From Scotland Visit the Frick 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z These range from high to low, Antoine Watteau to Walt Disney. 'Art and Craft': The life and times of Mark Landis, devoted forger 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z This week, majority opinion presumably credited the scene to Watteau in person, judging from the price, €1.56 million, which multiplied Mr. Turquin’s estimate twentyfold. Auctions: At Auction, the Treasures of a Tycoon War Hero 2011-04-08T13:29:04Z It was last exhibited in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Watteau, Music and Theater,” two years ago. Inside Art: Guggenheim Names Six Finalists for 2012 Hugo Boss Prize 2011-11-25T15:42:20Z “Turner and the Masters” includes 40 of Turner’s paintings, as well as masterpieces by artists who influenced him, including Rubens, Rembrandt, Claude Lorraine, Watteau, Titian, Canaletto and Constable. J.M.W. Turner (and Friends) at the Prado 2010-06-15T10:00:00Z Watteau is an 18th century pop artist, immersed in the styles and pleasures that a misanthropic observer might despise. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z But this bridal look redux is more fashion forward than past understated styles, with designs like sleek long-sleeved gowns with plunging necklines, intricate knot-detail at the waist and structured columns with detachable Watteau trains. What Should You Wear for Your Micro Wedding? 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z There is a painting by Watteau, that most elusive of artists, that shows a young girl in silver-blue satin dancing pensively in a glade. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z In Watteau’s art, this psychological inscrutability extends to whole paintings, whose visible surfaces imply depths you can only guess at. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z People who populate paintings by the French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau tend toward delicate aristocrats, sashaying through his dreamy, pastoral landscapes and refined soirees. Watteau in Wartime, and a Miami Showcase for Anselm Kiefer 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z In his excellent catalog essay, Mr. Wile sees in Watteau a shift in ideas about representing human psychology. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The faces in Watteau’s paintings, however, are not transparently expressive. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The Wallace Collection is celebrating Watteau with two shows. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z On top of this incredible haul, the museum has also added a new canvas by Jean-Antoine Watteau that had long been thought destroyed. Essential Arts & Culture: The Getty's new trove, an Italian artist's due, ‘Angels in America’ returns 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Watteau kept them in volumes, took them wherever he went. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z Although many collected names are famous artists--Dürer, Van Dyck, Goya, Tiepolo, Turner, Watteau, Degas--others are less well known but extraordinary draftsmen. At Auction: Old Master Drawings 2010-03-01T06:00:00Z A shifting world for the restless Watteau, who is always someplace just long enough to sketch the travelling player or the Persian ambassador – some place, but precisely where? Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z With his delicate, sensuously flickering touch, lush colors and luminous atmospheres, Watteau anticipated Impressionism, and his dreamlike visions of erotic yearning and melancholic hypersensitivity inspired the 20th-century Surrealists. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z “I later realized he got it from Watteau. Paul was very educated visually.” ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Jean-Antoine Watteau’s “The Surprise,” a small but widely celebrated panel painted three years before the artist’s untimely death at 36 in 1721, had gone missing for more than 150 years. The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Watteau was consulting him for tuberculosis — sadly, to no avail: The artist died, at 36, the following summer. Perspective | His bubbly pictures somehow evoked the true pain of love Watteau’s bodies, leaning into one another, huddled on benches or picnicking on the grass, speak a delicate language of love — and so do the dancers in “No Tomorrow.” Perspective | A superstar of contemporary art presents new work in New York 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z In a show he titled “Once Upon a Time … in Japan,” the designer captured the essences of cherry blossoms, Japanese gardens and Watteau gowns at New York Fashion Week. Tadashi Shoji returns to Japanese roots at NY Fashion Week 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In her private sitting room were the most valuable pieces, among them a "study of a lady with her back to the spectator", by the 18th Century French artist Antoine Watteau. Princess Louise died leaving cigarettes debt 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Raphael, Watteau and Van Gogh were dead at 37. The seven ages of an artist 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z “The Italian Comedians,” like a number of Watteau paintings, depicts characters from the traveling theatrical troupes that performed comedies rooted in the Italian tradition of commedia dell’arte. Perspective | His bubbly pictures somehow evoked the true pain of love “From the front it looks like a classic dress but once she turned around you saw that amazing draped Watteau back. It’s an 18th-century style named after the painter,” he explained. Lupita’s pearls, Margot’s plunge earn red carpet raves 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z "From the front it looks like a classic dress but once she turned around you saw that amazing draped Watteau back. It's an 18th-century style named after the painter," he explained. Lupita's pearls, Margot's plunge earn red carpet raves 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Marion Cotillard was one of the first to walk the red carpet in a polka dot cutout Christian Dior Haute Couture dress with a Watteau back. The Red Carpet At The 2015 Oscars 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s twilight sleep; an Ambien catnap; an evening voyage on a Watteau barge. Madison Bumgarner, The Best 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He is also the subject of Watteau’s most celebrated painting, a life-size portrayal in the Louvre, and he features in notable earlier Watteau paintings in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Melbourne, Australia; and Madrid. Perspective | His bubbly pictures somehow evoked the true pain of love There was nothing else for Liszt to do but to write the usual pastoral peace dignified by Handel and Watteau. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z There is no doubt that Hogarth's technique was studied from Thornhill's pictures, and not from those of Watteau or Chardin, as has been supposed. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Upon the walls I had placed, by favour of Sir William, pictures of the best running-horses at Newmarket, also four prints of a camp by Watteau, well executed, though French. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z No boudoir of white and gold, with pictures by Watteau, but lined with large walnut-tree presses that held the old heir-loom linen strewed with lavender—stores for the housekeeper, and medicines for the poor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Watteau wasn’t trying to paint scenes from actual plays. Perspective | His bubbly pictures somehow evoked the true pain of love In the main the book is devoted to artists who have come into prominence since 1870, the French naturally predominating, but such precursors of modern tendencies or influential spirits as Botticelli, Watteau, Piranesi are included. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Chalon could not only paint with originality, but could catch the manner of the old masters with such accuracy, that some of his works were attributed even by the skilful to Rubens, Watteau, and others. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Watteau and the Court painters have given us the dainty, exterior charm of the masquerade, woman when she plays at being woman, among "lyres and flutes." Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z This picture reminds one of Watteau, for the figures are in the woods, only, instead of semi-nude nymphs, the sitters are all properly and fashionably dressed young ladies. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Now look back at Watteau’s painting, which comes out of this complicated context and may even be a wry commentary on it. Perspective | His bubbly pictures somehow evoked the true pain of love She is dressed very simply in a long black tea-gown with Watteau pleat, very plainly made, but perfect in cut and fit, and looking quite unstudied in its becoming graceful simplicity. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z The works of the men who composed this school of pseudo-Arcadianism had none of the charm of the delightful canvases of Watteau and Fragonard, silk-coated and satin-gowned though their shepherds and shepherdesses be. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The somewhat mythical portraits of French noblemen, Cupids, Watteau ladies of leisure smiled urbanely out of the blue and white panels over their heads. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Concealed by a double covering of strong paper pasted over it, and painted and gilded, each of these two doors on its six panels contains six distinct master-pieces of Watteau's. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z But these counter influences were not perceptible yet in the patios, just as the French Revolution had still to scatter the polite pastorals only to survive in the canvases of Boucher and Watteau. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z I know a road that leads from town, A pale road in a Watteau gown Of wild-rose sprays, that runs away All fragrant-sandaled, slim and gray. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z There were several prints on the walls, mostly after Watteau and Fragonard. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z We compromised at last on a blue silk that's going to have a Watteau pleat and will fall in nice little straight folds and make me look about seven feet high. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Twelve Watteaus, as fine as any in the world! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z "I feel like a lady on a Watteau fan," she said, rejoicing frankly in the dainty elegance of her Paris frock. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z There was a room the walls of which were covered with works by Watteau; another, the gem of which was the portrait of La Guimard by Fragonard, Boucher's pupil and friend. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Troost has been called the Dutch Watteau and the Dutch Hogarth. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z She is perfect—a little too haughty for Watteau, but "marquise" to a T. The people watch in silence. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Those four pictures—I would not sell those four Watteaus for one hundred thousand francs. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The genius of Watteau which flashed into the eighteenth century, the commanding performances of Richard Wilson and Gainsborough in landscape, had no influence upon the practitioners of the grand manner. Constable 2011-08-02T02:00:26.593Z Instead of the medi�val representations of martyrs and emaciated saints appeared the nude gods and cupids of a Watteau and his school. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The first follow the style of Watteau; the second, Hogarth; and the last are reminiscent of Frans Hals. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z This Poem is like a picture by Watteau of a summer holiday in the garden or the woods. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z A Watteau picture—not by Watteau, quite; Release from many a dreary Northern rune; Lovers and fathers; old walls, flowery-bright; A brave old plot—with music—ending soon. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The very few pictures which hung upon the walls were all of the gay Watteau school, and there were some fans painted on silk and framed by Charles Conder. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Some writers assert that Giorgione was the first of the romanticists, others give the palm to Watteau, a third section to Delacroix, and a fourth to the Barbizon School. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Still less is it the kind of shepherd and shepherdess that Watteau, Fragonard, and the china manufactory of Dresden have accustomed us to associate with the words. Holman Hunt Masterpieces in Colour 2011-06-09T02:00:21.080Z And the great alley in Kensington Gardens, when the fashionables please to patronise it, is as pretty to look down upon, from the Pavilion at top, as one of Watteau’s pictures. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z If she had floated down from a Fragonard panel, or stepped out of a Watteau clavecin, Miss Manning could not have represented more picturesquely a dainty type of the long by-gone. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It is possible to admire the pictures of Watteau, without desiring to see them used as altar-pieces. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z It was a scene worthy of Watteau or Cuyp—a picture calculated to create a quiet joy even in the breast of a stranger. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z What she called a peignoir was a confusion of yellowish lace and India muslin with elbow sleeves and the unavoidable Watteau plait in the back. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Anastasia is fluttering gracefully hither and thither, fancying the while that she looks like a Watteau. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z "Yes, when all the world was reading 'Astr�e,' and a hundred years later, when Watteau and the opera brought shepherds into fashion again," replied this youthful prodigy of information. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z The fayence is usually painted with grotesque figures, but sometimes with flowers and scrolls in relief, also with Watteau or Chinese subjects. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z The list calls it a Watteau—'The F�te Champ�tre.' The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z My enemies pretend that I have scraped a Watteau, others say a Titian, in order to discover the successive layers of color and surprise the method of these masters. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z "Some hospitals do contract with other clinical provider groups to run their NICUs," says Marie Watteau, director of media relations at the American Hospital Association. Health insurance plans sometimes don't cover care needed by newborn babies 2011-01-04T04:10:03Z A little Watteau shepherd in blue-and-silver, like moonlight, dashed his crook against the thyrsus of a Bacchante crowned with grapes, who wore a leopard's skin over her left side, and buskins with gold ribbons. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z It is the most characteristically French of his books, drawn as with the maliciously kind brush of Watteau. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z There was a little crucifix on the table, and a coloured print of the Madonna hung on the wall, on the nail from which a Watteau had been temporarily removed. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Bevan went on, as they entered a room fitted up like a theatre, "There, it's that one with blue eyes, got up like a Watteau's huntress; isn't she a brilliant little thing?" Beatrice Boville and Other Stories She was the sweetest girl that I ever knew," said a lady who had been her schoolmate; "a slender, graceful blonde, with deep blue eyes, who reminded you of the Watteau Shepherdesses upon fans. The Home Life of Poe She seemed supernaturally tall, thanks to the heavy Watteau plait which trailed from her back in white brocade. Majesty A Novel They were not caricatures, as one might suppose, but rural scenes à la Watteau, and allegorical subjects. 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. It was pretty in a style suggesting a combination of Watteau, Dresden China, and the top of a biscuit tin. A Bed of Roses Craig waved the radiograph of the real Watteau as he emphasized his last words. The Social Gangster It was decorated, with the picturesque daintiness of the French Court, in panels painted in imitation of Watteau, festooned with silk, embroidered with flowers. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance "And here," he said, handling an album bound in chicken skin, adorned with the grace of Watteau's rurality—"here are my Flower Martyrs." Love's Usuries Those of Watteau will make him believe that he could live on candies and choux à la crême. Her Royal Highness Woman We feel a something French, a suggestion of Watteau's elysium of fashion, in his touch on things. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Why, no one thinks of Watteau, with his delightful daintiness and many graceful figures on such masterfully disposed backgrounds as a portrait painter. The Social Gangster In 1869 he exhibited a “Bust of M. Gamier,” and followed this up with two pieces intended for his native city: a statue of Watteau, and a bas-relief, “Valenciennes repelling Invasion.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The modern terms so vaguely used are shocking, and the descriptive names given to colours by dress-artists are horrible beyond belief—such as Watteau pink and elephant grey, not to speak of Sèvres-blue cherries. English Costume The Watteau of eighteen will become a Rubens at forty. Her Royal Highness Woman The third scene was a F�te Champ�tre after Watteau at sunset. Carnival It is of the genuine old master—the real Watteau. The Social Gangster The famous “Garden Party,” by Watteau, is one of the collection. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield He is closer to Watteau than to any other painter but his firmer technic and more patient temperament give him an advantage over the feverish master of eighteenth-century idyls. Artists Past and Present Random Studies I remember she wore a pale flowered silk, with sleeves that fell back from her elbow, and she, too, had a hat on, but it might have been worn by one of Watteau’s shepherdesses. Francezka The father of Watteau had little leaning toward painting; but he was one of those who let men and things here below take their course. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 "Surely," answered Jacot, then, after consideration, in which his beady eye seemed to size up Kennedy, he added, sotto voce, craftily, "Would Mr. Morehouse be—er—interested in Watteau's F�te?" The Social Gangster Like Watteau, Laforgue was "condemned" from the beginning to "a green thought in a green shade." Ivory Apes and Peacocks In later years, speaking of these experiences in a letter to Miss Barrett, he wrote of his ecstatic contemplation of “those two Guidos, the wonderful Rembrandt’s ‘Jacob’s Vision,’ such a Watteau....” The Brownings Their Life and Art Amabel did them exquisitely: shepherds and shepherdesses, corners of old gardens, Cupids–Watteau effects, veritable miniature work. Aurora the Magnificent Watteau had his nose out of the window oftener than over a book; he loved to amuse himself with the varied spectacle of the street. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 "They are X-ray images or radiographs of two oil paintings, both claimed to be copies of Watteau's famous F�te," explained Kennedy, picking up one of them. The Social Gangster Like Chopin or Watteau, he danced on roses and thorns. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Boucher and Watteau, in France, produced designs that were well suited to tapestries and embroideries. Needlework As Art "I'm so tired of those Watteau things!" began Miss Lawrence disdainfully. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart This painter, bad as he was, was struck with the original grace of certain of Watteau's figures, and solicited the honor of being his master. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 I wondered whether someone had sought to conceal the fact that he had a copy of the famous Watteau, made by Miss Fleming? The Social Gangster The Impressionists, working on hints from Watteau, Rembrandt, Turner, gave us a fresh view of the universe. Ivory Apes and Peacocks We know it is worth a lot of money, for Watteau, a famous painter of the 18th Century did this work. The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan He has not preserved the lovely, indeterminate colour or the impressionist touch which was the natural inheritance of Watteau or Tiepolo. The Venetian School of Painting Watteau bowed amorously before the gods and demigods of Olympus; he had found the gate to his Eden. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Between these two are marks which can also be deciphered by the X-ray—'Antoine Watteau.' The Social Gangster She was nearly twenty-four, almost as slight of figure as a child, as dainty as Watteau’s most delicate imaginings, with tiny, nondescript features, lovely sunshine hair, and big dove-coloured eyes with pale-gold lashes. The Gorgeous Girl Vines and creepers clamber upward, Covering the slender woodwork, While between them are suspended Gorgeous tapestries and curtains: Scenes Arcadian boldly woven, Charmingly designed by Watteau.... The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays In France, David had obliterated Watteau; and the reputation of Pompeo Battoni, a sort of Italian David, effaced Tiepolo and his contemporaries. The Venetian School of Painting At the opera, Watteau threw the lightning flashes of his pencil right and left: mountains, lakes, cascades, forests, nothing dismayed him, not even the Camargos, whom he had for models. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Nicholas Lancret was only by six years Watteau's junior, so that he can hardly be considered as a pupil or even a disciple, but only as an imitator of Watteau. Six Centuries of Painting "It likes Boucher's Cupids, Watteau's Pastorals, nudities, anecdotes, and copies of the past." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A group of Watteau Shepherds and shepherdesses, or a hunting party garbed after any chosen period, etc. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society She wore a gown of yellow crêpe embroidered in gold, low and sleeveless, with a fold in the back, after the fashion of the ladies of Watteau, and a long train falling far behind. Nancy Stair A Novel He, however, soon discovered that Watteau's attachment to the folio was on account of the margin, and not of the text. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Like Lancret, he incurred Watteau's displeasure for a similar reason, though in his case it was rather the fear of what he would do than what he did that was241 the cause of Watteau's displeasure. Six Centuries of Painting Some of them recall Watteau, others Boucher, but they have a charm, a grace of their own; they are far from being copies of these men. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Indeed, to decide on really beautiful gowns one must study the great masters—Gainsborough, Reynolds, Watteau—until the study of costume becomes what it should be—a study of art. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society A girl stood there, dressed as a Watteau shepherdess. The Slave of Silence In the studio of this worthy man, Watteau did not unlearn all that he had acquired, although he painted for pedlers, male and female saints by the dozen. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Valenciennes really belonged to Flanders, and had only lately been annexed to France, so that Watteau owed something of his art to Flemish rather than to French sources. Six Centuries of Painting Buhl tables, covered with splendid china; a Persian carpet, and the ceiling painted by Watteau, who was then coming into fashion. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Watteau or Princess robes falling from the shoulder in unbroken lines render her imposing. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society In this London life seemed like a Watteau picture. Bird of Paradise —Watteau, with his twelve-year-old eyes, saw only the fair side of life. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Besides copying from these older pictures, Watteau was employed by Audran in the execution of designs for wall decorations, etc. Six Centuries of Painting He gives himself up to this Watteau cult all the more easily because he himself has so infantile a heart. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations That one on Watteau, the Prince of Court Painters, where his passion for things faded and withdrawn reaches its climax. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The fireplace was of smooth, chilly white marble, with an ormolu clock on the mantelpiece, and a fire-screen painted with Watteau shepherds and shepherdesses, making silken unreal love and scandalously neglecting silky unreal sheep. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Watteau seems to have always seen with the same eyes; his glance, diverted by the expression and the color, did not descend as far down as the soul. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Watteau's two earliest pictures still in existence are supposed to be the D�part de Troupe and the Halte d'Arm�e, which were the first of a series of military pictures on a small scale. Six Centuries of Painting The whole age of the Revolution lies between these irresponsible and gay courtiers in the sc�nes galantes of Watteau and the virile peasant scenes in the "epic of toil" painted by Millet. The Story of Paris For him, too�for Gilles the Mummer�as for Antoine Watteau and Walter Pater, the wistfulness of such places is not inconsistent with their levity. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Watteau worked with Audran when he was producing his most inspired set of tapestry, on which we must dwell for a bit for pure pleasure. The Tapestry Book The master returned to Valenciennes, Watteau remained at Paris, desiring to depend upon his fortune, good or bad. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Jean Baptise Joseph Pater was actually a pupil of Watteau. Six Centuries of Painting It was a little picture of Watteau, animated and talking from beginning to end. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 More remote, and half hidden from the precincts of the chateau, are the Chaumière and the Ermitage and they recall the background of a Fragonard or a Watteau. Royal Palaces and Parks of France From Lebrun to Watteau one can trace the gradual seductive decline, where heroic ideal lowers softly in alluring decadence into a mere tickling of the senses. The Tapestry Book You look as though just from a Watteau fan, my dear. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive All of these three were engraved in Watteau's life-time or shortly after his death, and the verses sub-joined to the engravings are a charming rendering of the sentiment underlying the pictures. Six Centuries of Painting The followers of Watteau were numerous, but are not of great importance. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It was at the epoch of the "bergeries à la Watteau." Royal Palaces and Parks of France If his imagination recomposed things, it was in the manner of some admired painter; he looked on nature through the medium of a Zurbaran or a Watteau. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It's all got up to imitate the background of a Watteau. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Another in the Wallace Collection belongs to the same early period of Watteau's influence. Six Centuries of Painting The pictures of Watteau are fine, and are seen in many galleries. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In a hundred years all Watteau's pictures will be banished to the garrets and falling to pieces from neglect; in 1893 struggling painters will be daubing their studies over Boucher's canvases. The Gods are Athirst But here the pink corded silk swished disdainfully about, its Watteau pleat flashed out of sight through the door-day, and that portal was slammed in the speaker's face. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike His face was very like that of the young negro in Watteau's drawing—pathetic, wistful, north-bitten. The Lost Girl With all his skill and charm, that is to say, there is not one of his canvases that we could place beside a picture by Watteau on anything like equal terms. Six Centuries of Painting Watteau represented the scenes of the fêtes galantes and reunions then so much in fashion. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture I agree with you, sir," replied Longuemare, "that Watteau and Boucher were well fitted to create such-like baubles; it had been more to their glory if they had confined themselves to innocent figures like these. The Gods are Athirst Watteau died in 1721—at the same premature age as Raphael,—but he remained as the dominating spirit of French art through the eighteenth century. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. "Your chef is a real Watteau, Monsieur—a marvel at design." The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette It was absolutely a Fête Champêtre, but more brilliant and classic than Watteau ever can have seen. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah It was certainly expressed in the pictures of Watteau; and it had a very sympathetic and even manly expression in modern England in the decorative poetry of William Morris. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Melancholy apart, he was the Watteau of the old Greek world—an exquisite artist, a rare poet, a true and kindly soul; and it is very good to be with him. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation She still strove to take the situation lightly, to treat it picturesquely, like a love-scene on a Watteau fan. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes A very good copy of Watteau was over the mantel-piece, the only picture in the room. The Dictator It was rather pretty there; I should not wonder that Watteau never actually saw anything so beautiful. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Carpeaux was born at Valenciennes, and the fine statue of Watteau which stands now in the city was both suggested and executed by him. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Esmeralda had aimed at nothing less ambitious than a Watteau costume, and the rumbling of the machine was accounted for by one glance at the elaborately quilted petticoat. Pixie O'Shaughnessy No boudoir of white and gold, with pictures by Watteau, but lined with walnut-tree presses, that held the old heir-loom linen strewed with lavender—stores for the housekeeper, and medicines for the poor. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 One can never quite think of anyone in connection with her pictures other than the happy reminiscence of Watteau. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Their Watteau Screens will serve as small ornaments afterwards. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 The two families of Watteau and of Pater lived on terms of such friendly intimacy at Valenciennes that the father of Pater sent his son up to Paris, to study his art under Watteau. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Watteau was elected an Academician in 1717, when he was thirty-three years of age, and he afterwards came to England, but did not remain there. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art It seemed like a forest in a beautiful romance; a green and bowery wilderness where Boccaccio would have loved to woo, and Watteau to paint. Henrietta Temple A Love Story His art holds, too, something of that breathlessness among the trees one finds in Watteau and in Lancret, maybe more akin to Lancret, for he, also, was more a depicter of the ephemeral. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Professional artists also lent their aid, their designs ranging from the shepherdesses of Watteau to copies of Chinese and Japanese scenes. The Story of Porcelain Watteau received his young compatriot so coldly, and made things so unpleasant for him, that he soon went back discouraged, to resume his career at home. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 A few artists succeeded in carrying the elegance of the 18th century through the storm into the period beyond, notably Prud'hon, who has been called the Watteau of the Revolution. The French Revolution A Short History Plumed hats and velvet knee-breeches of the cavalier period, Jersey jackets and tea-gowns, with Watteau plaits, such as were in fashion when Victoria was queen, were mingled with articles of a more recent date. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow In these ways she becomes a kind of revivification of the spirit of Watteau, who has made perfect, for us all, what is perfect in the classicized ideality of experience. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets The epic treatment of the Italians was laid aside in favor of a genre treatment, and instead of line and flat surface Watteau introduced color and cleverly laid pigment. A Text-Book of the History of Painting "How singular," murmured the countess, half to herself, as she picked out a veritable Watteau from the rich collection; "I am young and free, and abhor constraint, yet I have chosen a master." A Cardinal Sin He substituted the street with the green blind for the faded garden of Watteau, and the "blue spirt of a lighted match" for the monotony of the evening star. The Victorian Age in Literature Very pretty, especially as regards her complexion; one would say that she made up every morning with Watteau's palate, 'She is fair, and her conquering glances kindle love in every heart.' Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Imagine a splendid court playing at seaside life; imagine such a place as Watteau would have designed, with inhabitants as elegantly rustic as his, and you imagine a Trouville. Normandy Picturesque Moreover, Watteau was a brushman, and introduced not only a new spirit and new subject into art, but a new method. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The scene was to be a Fête Champêtre, and the costumes were to be copied from some of Watteau's pictures. The Luckiest Girl in the School By Jove!" he exclaimed, "paint in the foreground a few peacocks languidly dragging their gorgeous tails, and you have a Watteau or a Fragonard—no, a Monticelli! Visionaries It must have been an exquisite memory of Theobald’s failures which made Pater, when he wished to contrive an imaginary artistic personality, take Watteau as being some one in whose achievements you can believe. Masques & Phases Here is the deification of the ideas of the Eighteenth Century, the soul of Watteau's world and time led to the Pantheon of human passions and fashions. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Not only was the moral tone and intellectual stamina of their art far below that of Watteau, but their workmanship grew defective. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Watteau, Fragonard—Fragonard especially, the exquisite and impudent—are as gay, as spontaneous, as careless, as vivacious as Boldini. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Its charm is much like that of Watteau's landscapes. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy The first contains a miscellaneous assemblage of bronze busts, and pictures of Teniers, Watteau, and of the more modern School of Paris. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two Watteau is the great poet of the Eighteenth Century. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers He looked down at her and realised once more the dainty Watteau—like grace of her oval face and slim, supple figure. The Survivor Watteau, born on the Flemish border, is almost an exception. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Yet, like Watteau's pictures it is of more than merely historic interest, for it is far more than simply a reminder of the fopperies of a vanished time. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy Two small Watteaus, in particular, are perfectly delicious;175 as well as a very small Sebastian Bourdon; of a holy family. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two Grace with Watteau is not the antique grace—a rigid and solid charm, the perfection of the marble of a Galatea, the entirely plastic and the material glory of a Venus. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers And any Impressionist, under the influence of Monet and Watteau, was capable of making a poor, soft, formless thing. Art At the window he heard the soft moonlight-dreaming of the rooks; and when he threw open the window the white peacock roosting there flew away and paraded on the pale sward like a Watteau lady. Mike Fletcher A Novel Had not Gluck written to the classics he would have had to write “� la Watteau.” Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Some pictures, of which Watteau's are representative, which hovered between genre and landscape, were finally classified according as they seemed to owe their interest to the figures or to the scenery. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. For no painter has equalled Watteau 44in rendering beautifully coloured objects transfigured by a ray of sunlight, their soft fading and that kind of diffused blossoming of their brilliancy under the full light. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers “That Watteau isn’t bad, either, is it, now?” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Velasquez, Rubens, Rembrandt, Watteau, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner, and Delacroix, kept the line of color, now at last utterly extinguished. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 That is why the decorations of Watteau are the most wonderful in the world. The Lighted Way As Watteau painted the ladies and cavaliers of Versailles so admirably, because he despised them, so I will sell a Tract against any man alive. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Quick! to array the spring in ball costume, Watteau's heavens and earth, quick. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers “I wonder how a Watteau back like that would go on my blue alpaca?” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. A coach was seen driving out of the gateway of the town, in which were seated ladies in powdered wigs and wearing Watteau hats. Jerusalem O! a shepherd and a shepherdess, They dwelt in Arcadee, And they were dressed in Watteau dress, Most charming for to see. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk "I should like it myself if I could only dress as a Watteau shepherdess, you know, and carry a lamb with a blue ribbon round its dear neck." Red Money And the spirit and the gallantry of touch of Watteau's brush in the feminine trifles and headdresses and finger-tips,—and everything it approaches! Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Until then the costume had been the loosely fitting parti-coloured jacket and trousers to be seen worn by the figures in Watteau's masquerade subjects. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The one in the gold case with all the Watteau figures and garlands painted on it, that had been saved as one of the "white hyacinths" from the old home. Kit of Greenacre Farm The Watteau room was further enlivened by the introduction of a scarlet plush couch of sumptuous design. The Inheritors The tapestry weavers now used thousands of colors in place of the nineteen used in the early days, and this enabled them to copy with great exactness the charming pictures of Watteau and Boucher. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today It is the youth and serenity of it; and amidst rivers and mountains, promenades and gardens, lakes and fountains, the Paradise of Watteau unfolds; it is Cythera. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers And this Watteau picture met the gaze of two persons on the terrace below. The Goose Girl She glanced up at the Watteau, the Boucher, and the Fragonard, which gave the key to the decorations of the dainty boudoir. The Inner Shrine It was a palatial apartment furnished in white and gold—Louis Quinze, or something of the sort—with very new decorations after Watteau covering the walls. The Inheritors Garlands, flowers, lace and ribbon effects, baskets of flowers, shells, curled endive, feathers, scrolls, all were used, as well as pastoral scenes by Boucher and Watteau for tapestry and paintings. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Watteau, the melancholy enchanter who has made nature sigh so heavily in his autumn woods, full of regret around dreamful pleasure! Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers She pretended to become interested in the Watteau cupids on her fan. The Goose Girl But there is no more chance of there ever being another Keene than of there being another Rembrandt, or of there ever being another du Maurier than another Watteau. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Photo Hanfstaengl But Watteau's great accomplishment was in doing this without degenerating into feeble prettiness, and this he did by an insistence on character in his figures, particularly his men. The Practice and Science of Drawing Watteau's delightful decorations also give the true spirit of the time, with their gayety and frivolity showing the Arcadian affectations—the fad of the moment. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today A Watteau landscape, sports, comedies, pastorals in the shade, a continual Embarkation for Cythera, that would have been the round she would have preferred. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Propped up against the French bureau stood a Watteau drawing in red chalk—a sanguine—he had bought in Paris on a recent visit. The Mating of Lydia The inspiration was of the same nature as Watteau's, the grace of a certain aspect of life making an æsthetic appeal. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians This is a typical Watteau composition, founded on a rhythmic play of gradated tones and gradated edges. The Practice and Science of Drawing In several ways distinct you make us feel— Graceful as Raphael, as Watteau genteel. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Watteau, the man of the North, the child of Flanders, the great poet of Love! the master of sweet serenity and tender Paradises, whose work may be likened to the Elysian Field of Passion! Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers We have here painting of a kind which could only have been conceived in France, and we have to go right back to Watteau in order to receive again the same impression. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) She sank into a seat, fanning herself with a vigor which threatened ruin to the precious slats of a fan which bore the handiwork of Watteau. The Mississippi Bubble Watteau's scenery and people were unnatural and affected--mere inventions to suit the gallant f�tes. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times At a signal from the queen the little Watteau maid entered, followed by five other maids in similar costumes, each bearing trays of candies. Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Watteau, the Pensieroso of the Regency; Fragonard, the little poet of the Art of Love of the time. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers As well dress the Tragic Muse in the costume of a Watteau shepherdess as ply Leam Dundas with the pretty follies found so useful with other women. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Those drowsy old courts—how charming they seem on paper, how fascinating as depicted by Watteau! Haydn But in both Watteau and Boucher there was a faint glimmer of the idyllic--witness the dash of melancholy in Watteau's brightest pictures. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Yes, there was the maid in the hall in a cute Watteau costume, a tiny lace cap on her head, and a kerchief over her flowered gown. Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times One, the elder, had a face like a Watteau sketch, with black velvety eyes, hair drawn back from a white forehead, delicate little mouth, with sharp indentations at the corners, and a small chin. Lady Connie A passionate admirer of Watteau, he would seem to have locked himself up in a rather sterile devotion to the eighteenth century master. Since Cézanne Down vistas long of clipt charmille Watteau as Pierrot leads the reel; Tabor and pipe the dancers guide As I read on. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell But there is a paradox in the case of Watteau, as there was in the case of Chopin, of Keats, of Robert Louis Stevenson. Promenades of an Impressionist The great lady pointed with a sigh of pleasure to the canvas hung between a Greuze and a Watteau! Hillsboro People Mallinson and Clarice give me that impression,—as of Watteau figures mincing a gavotte, and made more unreal by the juxtaposition of a man. The Philanderers But Renoir's natural masters—parents one would say if a man could have more than two—were Fragonard, Boucher, and Watteau. Since Cézanne Here, too, are more "apartments of Frederick the Great," with pictures by Rubens, including an "Adoration of the Magi," a good example of Watteau and a portrait of Voltaire drawn by Frederick's own hand. William of Germany Watteau was a consumptive; he died of the disease. Promenades of an Impressionist There was a small picture, in the manner of Watteau, in this inn, which the landlady told me had been bought at a sale of the effects of a neighbouring chateau. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Nelly entered a room furnished in white and pale green, luxurious in every detail, and hung with engravings after Watteau framed in white wood. Missing Assuredly he is in the great European tradition, but specifically he is of the French: Chardin, Watteau, and Poussin are his direct ancestors. Since Cézanne It is all very quaint, like a Watteau painting or a bit of Dresden china, as we look back upon it through the time-mists of a century and a half. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Watteau was not a consumptive of the Pole's type. Promenades of an Impressionist His plays are like Watteau's pictures, which, for all the unreality of their atmosphere, produce their effect owing to a mass of accurate observation and a profound sense of the realities of life. Landmarks in French Literature A Gainsborough or a Morland would seek his subjects in remote villages and a Watteau or a Stothard in the well kept pleasure ground. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden But if he cannot, then there is no man alive to give this age what Phidias, Giorgione, and Watteau gave theirs. Since Cézanne On the descent of the hill were placed the French horns; the abigails, servants, and neighbours wandering below by the river; in short, it was Parnassus, as Watteau would have painted it. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I But Turner and Watteau and Monticelli modified his style, changed his way of envisaging the landscape. Promenades of an Impressionist His characters, like Watteau's, seem to possess, not quite reality itself, but the very quintessence of rarefied reality—the distilled fragrance of all that is most refined, delicate and enchanting in the human spirit. Landmarks in French Literature It is pleasant to read how the wits and beauties of the time of Queen Anne used to meet together in delightful garden-retreats, 'like the companies in Boccaccio's Decameron or in one of Watteau's pictures.' Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden He respects the tradition, he takes tips from Watteau or Ingres or C�zanne, but orders he takes from no man. Since Cézanne It is no Boucher we have here, nor Watteau: cosmetics and rosettes are far away; tunics are short, and cheeks are nut-brown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 He would always doff his hat at the mention of Watteau or Rubens. Promenades of an Impressionist If I did that I would take half that charm away from you—that elusive incompleteness which Fragonard and Watteau tried to imitate, Heaven knows with how little success. Ronicky Doone What a nice painting it would make for a Watteau fan. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield There is low life as well as high life in Pompey the Little, sketches after Hogarth, no less than studies à la Watteau. Gossip in a Library Dolly dressed in the Watteau style, and was lively, pretty, and bewitching.—C. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Watteau never married, and never, as far as is known, had a love affair. Promenades of an Impressionist The battered hat perched rakishly atop her knob of gray-white hair gave her a jaunty, sporting look, as of a ponderous, burlesque Watteau. Cheerful—By Request The garment with the Watteau pleat is not unlike the princesse gown which is a very trying style except to handsomely proportioned women. What Dress Makes of Us It was, too, a generous mouth, not too large; still, happily, not so small as those modeled by Watteau. Within the Law The ladies of Watteau, gay and insouciant, seemed to wander with their cavaliers among the great trees, whispering to one another careless, charming things, and yet somehow oppressed by a nameless fear. Of Human Bondage A pantheist, withal a poet and a direct descendant in the line of Watteau, Boucher, Monticelli, with an individual touch of mundane grace and elegance. Promenades of an Impressionist Or did Watteau's small brushes give you birth? Trees and Other Poems He was trapped as if by magic into a garden of troubadours, a Watteau fairyland; and, willing to shake off such amorous imbecilities by speech, he stepped briskly after his enemy. The Innocence of Father Brown The Empire cabinet, with its rounding front of glass, its painted Watteau scenes, and its mirrored back, has come to supplant the humbler creation in the fulfilment of all its tender or mysterious offices. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation It reminded you not of Watteau, whose landscapes are so idyllic that they recall only the woodland glens seen in dreams, but of the more prosaic Jean-Baptiste Pater. Of Human Bondage L'Indifférent, that young man in the Louvre who treads the earth with such light disdain, with such an airy expression of sweetness and ennui, that picture, Mauclair remarks, is the soul of Watteau. Promenades of an Impressionist Differing by the fourteen pounds, Watteau would have scorned and Rubens have adored to paint her. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It A Watteau plait down the back—isn't it a Watteau plait?—and little ruffles down the front, and pale pink bows. A Fair Barbarian The new cabinet, haughty in its varnished elegance, with its Watteau dames and courtiers, and perhaps the knowledge that it enjoys widespread approval among the elect,—this is a different matter. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation At Lille the municipal authorities first got together a few pictures in the convent of the Récollets, and Watteau the painter was deputed to draw up a catalogue. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Watteau was a poet of excessive sensibility as well as the contriver of dainty masques and ballets. Promenades of an Impressionist She stood by one of the open windows of the pretty Watteau sitting-room. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Her dress recalled the canvases of Boucher, Van Loo, and Watteau, which she loved. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 So were the great artists who flooded the world with light—Titian, Tintoretto, Correggio, Raphael, Rubens, Watteau. Manners and Social Usages The palette of Velasquez is the opposite of the palette of Rubens; the fantasy of Rubens' palette created the art of Watteau, Turner, Gainsborough; it obtained throughout the eighteenth century in England and in France. Modern Painting Without Watteau's initiative Monticelli might not be the Monticelli we know, while Claude Monet, Manet, Renoir are the genuine flowering of his experiments in the division of tones and the composition of luminous skies. Promenades of an Impressionist Or, if the classics bore you, Watteau and the rococo pertness of the Grand Monarch. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago They commenced very quietly; dinners little but constant, and graceful and finished as a banquet of Watteau. Endymion Then in a concentration which was blindness To all else, so bewilderment of mind, I'd go to see Watteau's Antiope Where he sketched Zeus in hunger, drawing back The veil that hid her sleeping nakedness. Toward the Gulf I seemed to have known the park for centuries; yon glade I recognised as one that Watteau had painted. Memoirs of My Dead Life But the examples in this section are not inspiring, the Watteaus excepted. Promenades of an Impressionist Mrs. Wilmington was dressed in a light morning dress with a Watteau fall, whose delicate russets and faded reds and yellows heightened the richness of her complexion and hair. Annie Kilburn : a Novel One has met something as brilliant and dainty in a medallion of old Sèvres, or amid the terraces and gardens of Watteau. Coningsby Room 91, on the east side of the block, contains old Dutch, Flemish, French, and Italian pictures, none very interesting, though Teniers, Watteau and Tintoretto are represented. The Jewel City Their pouting and reconciliation make very pretty fooling, such as might be appropriate in the wonderful beings who people the garden landscapes of Watteau. Horace Monet went to Watteau, Constable, Monticelli for his ideas, and in London, about 1870, he studied Turner with an interest that finally bordered on worship. Promenades of an Impressionist She had ceased to be a Watteau shepherdess, and she had lost her companion shepherdess of old, but her intellectual gifts and fine qualities were developing themselves more and more. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 The actors were grouped like a picture of Watteau. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Her fittings below were perfect down to the painted panels after Watteau in the saloon and the electric bells, and she was rigged either to sail or steam as might be most convenient. Dawn Watteau would have been a wonderful artist under any circumstances, no matter what sort of pictures he had painted; but circumstances gave his imagination a turn toward the exquisite in colourand composition. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Like Watteau, like Nietzsche, grand visionaries abiding on the other side of the dear common joys of life, these men were not tempted by the usual baits of happiness. Promenades of an Impressionist Princess Polly in white with silver spangles, a silver bandeau holding her powdered curls in place, looked like a little lady of the time of Watteau. Princess Polly's Gay Winter We are certain, for example, that Watteau's gay pictured visions were the projection—and confession—of his own disappointed dreams. The Principles of Aesthetics P. S.—Please do not send the largest Watteau. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Until Watteau went to the Luxembourg he had seen absolutely nothing of refined or gracious living. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Some of his gay Fêtes Champêtres recall the influence of Watteau—a Watteau without the sweet elegiac strain. Promenades of an Impressionist I have to tell them about Italy, and they ask me absurd questions about Michael Angelo or Titian, Leonardo or Watteau…. Spring Days The great painters of the Passion would disprove that with reference to the former and Watteau with reference to the latter. The Principles of Aesthetics Your Rubens are also to my taste, as well as your smallest Watteau. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Watteau has caught the spirit of this strange airy, artificial, incongruous existence. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Monticelli before him had said: "In a painting one must sound the C. Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, all the great ones have sounded the C." Promenades of an Impressionist He didn't care much about the French eighteenth century, of course he admired Watteau, but it was an impersonal admiration, there was nothing of the Watteau, Greuse, Pater, or Lancret in him. Celibates Both these rooms had been decorated with a landscape paper peopled with Watteau shepherds and shepherdesses and oft-repeated methodical groups of lambs. Little Miss By-The-Day Finally Patty chose a bewitching Watteau affair, with a short quilted petticoat, and a looped overdress made of the daintiest flowered silk imaginable. Patty in Paris It was then that he painted a sign for this friend, Gersaint, a sign so wonderful that it is reckoned in the history of Watteau's paintings. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People He must have studied Watteau and the Dutchmen closely. Promenades of an Impressionist I venture to promise you, Mr Savoyard, that what you are about to see will be like a Louis Quatorze ballet painted by Watteau. Fanny's First Play "Pastoral—idyllic—it reminds one of Theocritus—it reminds one of Watteau." The Cardinal's Snuff-Box But of course you couldn't remember about Watteau. In the Wilderness This exquisite picture displays nearly all the characteristics of Watteau's painting. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People In 1860 he literally resuscitated Watteau's manner, adding a personal note and a richness hitherto unknown to French paint. Promenades of an Impressionist No words the blunt man had ever been able to utter had ever hinted that he sometimes thought like a dream of pictures by Watteau. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley She concealed it in the pocket of her dress, and continued to gaze indifferently upon a painting of Watteau, which hung upon the wall. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Antony Watteau has competed for what is called the Prix de Rome, desiring greatly to profit by the grand establishment founded at Rome by King Lewis the Fourteenth, for the encouragement of French artists. Imaginary Portraits Both he and Watteau were fond of the stage, and both painted scenes from operas and plays. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Mauclair thinks that to Watteau can be traced back the beginnings of modern Impressionism; the division of tones, the juxtaposition of tonalities. Promenades of an Impressionist Her dress of flowered silk is long waisted, with a Watteau pleat behind, but with the paniers reduced to mere rudiments, as she is too tall for them. The Man of Destiny Then select one at once," said Lady Marney; "I make no reservation, except that Watteau, for it was given me by your father before we were married. Sybil, or the Two Nations At last we shall understand something of that new style of his—the Watteau style—so much relished by the fine people at Paris. Imaginary Portraits After Watteau there were artists who tried to do the kind of work he had done, but no one ever succeeded. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Modern as is his spirit, as modern as Watteau, Chopin, or Shelley, he is no less ethereal than any one of these three; ethereal and also realistic. Promenades of an Impressionist Very beautiful it will be, my dear duke, a most charming idyl; in true Watteau style, I will be the sweet shepherdess, and lead your highness by a little ribbon. Old Fritz and the New Era "That Watteau isn't bad, either, is it, now?" The Pursuit of the House-Boat Among old Watteau's work-people came his son, "the genius," my father's godson and namesake, a dark-haired youth, whose large, unquiet eyes seemed perpetually wandering to the various drawings which lie exposed here. Imaginary Portraits Watteau tried for a prize, and though his picture came second it had been seen by the Academy committee. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People His was not a romantic or a graceful figure among his contemporaries, the pastellist La Tour, Fragonard, and the rest, nor had his personality a jot of the mysterious melancholy of Watteau. Promenades of an Impressionist Perhaps I can wrap my handkerchief carelessly round one, and I'll keep the other round your waist, considerable, tucked under your Watteau pleat. A Summer in a Canyon "I wonder how a Watteau back like that would go on my blue alpaca?" The Pursuit of the House-Boat A modern Watteau would have seized upon the scene with avidity. Idle Ideas in 1905 After that hard apprenticeship, Watteau's condition became slightly better. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People There are affiliations with Watteau; the same gem-like style of laying on the thick pâte, the same delight in fairy-like patches of paint to represent figures. Promenades of an Impressionist There is a little Watteau here, and a rare piece of fantastical brightness and gayety it is. The Paris Sketch Book Poor man! they have merit in their way; but Teniers and Watteau are more convenient, and almost as cheap. Zanoni I wonder did Watteau ever try historical subjects? Roundabout Papers Watteau clothed all his shepherdesses in fine silken gowns, with a plait in the back, falling from the shoulders, and to-day we have a fashion known as the "Watteau back"—gowns made with this shoulder-plait. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People His figures are as delicious as Watteau's or Debucourt's—he recalls the latter frequently—and as an Orientalist he ranks all but a few. Promenades of an Impressionist There is, to be sure, a hidden analogy between liquors and pictures: the eye is deliciously tickled by these frisky Watteaus, and yields itself up to a light, smiling, gentlemanlike intoxication. The Paris Sketch Book Nothing queerer could be imagined than all these charming fashions and finery of the frivolous century of Louis XV., these Watteau shepherdess costumes, furbelows, plumes and laces, upon these black, ugly-faced, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, frightful people. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo At last we shall understand something of that new style of his-the Watteau style—so much relished by the fine people at Paris. Imaginary Portraits This was original with Watteau, and most beautiful. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People But we may add to these, all these artists who are at the head of the class, and have had a school of imitators from Michael Angelo down to Watteau. Seven Discourses on Art She threw herself on a sofa and stared at the Watteau group of masquerading shepherds and shepherdesses on the great Sevres vase that stood on a pedestal near her. Phyllis of Philistia Alas! the mists that veil the shore of our Cythera are not the summer haze of Watteau, but the smoke and steam of a commercial time. Essays in Little If I understand anything of these matters, Antony Watteau paints that delicate life of Paris so excellently, with so much spirit, partly because, after all, he looks down upon it or despises it. Imaginary Portraits The same characteristics are to be found in Watteau's other pictures such as, "Embarkation for the Island of Cythera," "The Judgment of Paris," and "Gay Company in a Park." Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Some men have a knack at making Rembrandts, others have a turn for Raphaels, Titians, Cuyps, Watteaus, and the rest of them. A Rogue's Life Her shoes were of the sort called "Watteau." Man and Wife When she walked about the terrace a stranger on the high-road, seeing her from afar, might have thought her one of Watteau's dames. Sons of the Soil A scene-painter we have here, well known in Flanders, has been engaged to work in one of the Parisian play-houses; and young Watteau, of whom he had some slight knowledge, has departed in his company. Imaginary Portraits Antony Watteau has competed for what is called the Prix de Rome, desiring greatly to profit by the grand establishment founded at Rome by Lewis the Fourteenth, for the encouragement of French artists. Imaginary Portraits Among old Watteau's workpeople came his son, "the genius," my father's godson and namesake, a dark-haired youth, whose large, unquiet eyes seemed perpetually wandering to the various drawings which lie exposed here. Imaginary Portraits |
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