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François-Louis-Joseph Watteau

1758 – 1823

French painter

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Lived 1758 – 1823 (aged 65). François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was a French painter.

François Louis Joseph Watteau (18 August 1758, Lille – 1 December 1823, Lille), known like his father as the Watteau of Lille, was a French painter, active in his birthplace. He was the son of the painter Louis Joseph Watteau (1731–1798) and grandson of Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756) – Noël was the brother of Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of "fêtes galantes". From 1808 to his death, he was deputy curator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, which his father had helped to found.

Works The Procession in Lille in 1789, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille 1799, The siege of Beauvais in 1472, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes c. 1803, La Fête du Broquelet, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille

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Watteau de Lille, François Watteau, fils M. Watteau, Watteau de Lille II, Watteau Of Lille II Watteau, François Louis Joseph Watteau
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French painter (1758–1823)

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François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was born on 18 August 1758 in Valenciennes.

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François-Louis-Joseph Watteau died on 1 December 1823 in Lille.

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François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was a painter.

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François-Louis-Joseph Watteau was French.

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· Wikipedia: François-Louis-Joseph Watteau

· Wikidata: Q3086052

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