American Painter, 1855-1942 Related Paintings of Hirst, Claude Raguet :. | Still Life with Sewing Basket | Don Quixote | Fruit | The Bookworm-s Table | Open Book with Spectacles | Related Artists:
MASTER of Saint GillesFrench Painter, active ca.1500
Charlotte Wahlstrompainted Lake landscape at dusk in 1887
Jean antoine WatteauFrench Rococo Era Painter, 1684-1721
He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the f?te galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under F?TE CHAMP?TRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume