French painter: b.1684, d.1721

Master of form and coloration

in rococo style

A true luminarie, founder

of the French School.

 

A painter during the declining days

of Louis X1V

He portrayed dalliances in parks and glades

fete champetres ...

 

wistfulness and melancholy

impressed by the transitory nature

of romantic love

 

Sadow and Illusion

Delicate color harmonies pass

a scrim over costume and scenic milieu ...

art of the theatre

 

Fete galante has compelling charm

Above vulgarity that

vitiated the aristocratic art

of thar era

 

Spiritual purity attained by

Superb draftsmanship

Red chalk fused with

white to produce lifelike, warm

Flesh tones

 

La gamme d'amour in the National Gallery

Master of form and coloration,

in rococo style