François Louis Joseph Watteau, known (like his father) as the Watteau of Lille

Lille

Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

(18 August 1758, Lille - 1 December 1823, Lille) was a French painter, active in his birthplace. He was the son of the painter Louis Joseph Watteau

Louis Joseph Watteau

Louis Joseph Watteau , known as the Watteau of Lille was a French painter active in Lille...

 (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

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is one of the largest museums in France, and the largest French museum outside of Paris....

, which his father had helped to found.

Works

• The Procession in Lille in 1789, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse
  Hospice Comtesse
  The hospice Comtesse or hospice Notre-Dame is a 17th century hospice on rue de la Monnaie in the Old Town area of Lille, France, first built in 1236 by Jeanne, Countess of Flanders. It contains the town museum.-Source:...
  
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  Lille
  Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
  
  
• 1799, The siege of Beauvais in 1472, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes
  Valenciennes
  Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
  
  
• c. 1803, La Fête du Broquelet, oil on canvas, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse
  Hospice Comtesse
  The hospice Comtesse or hospice Notre-Dame is a 17th century hospice on rue de la Monnaie in the Old Town area of Lille, France, first built in 1236 by Jeanne, Countess of Flanders. It contains the town museum.-Source:...
  
  , Lille
  Lille
  Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
  
  

External links

• François Watteau on Artcyclopedia