Louis Joseph Watteau
Visual Artist
1731 – 1798
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Who was Louis Joseph Watteau?
Louis Joseph Watteau, known as the Watteau of Lille was a French painter active in Lille.
Watteau was born in Valenciennes. His father Noël Joseph Watteau was brother to Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of fêtes galantes, and he was himself father to the painter François Watteau.
He played a decisive role in the foundation of what would become the musée lillois des Beaux-Arts, opened in 1803, by producing the first ever inventory of paintings confiscated by the state during the French Revolution.
He died in Lille, aged 67.
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- Born
- 1731
France - Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
- Died
- 1798
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on July 23, 2013
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