Antoine Watteau

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French painter Rococo artist human painter

Antoine Watteau was an influential early 18th-century French painter best known for his poetic fêtes galantes that helped usher in the Rococo style.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French painter → Rococo artist → human → painter →
activeYearsStart	early 18th century →
birthDate	1684-10-10 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of France → Valenciennes →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1721-07-18 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of France → Nogent-sur-Marne NERFINISHED →
electedTo	Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture →
electionYear	1717 →
familyName	Watteau →
fieldOfWork	painting →
fullName	Jean-Antoine Watteau →
genre	fête galante → genre painting → landscape painting → portrait →
givenName	Jean-Antoine →
influenced	François Boucher → Jean-Baptiste Pater → Jean-Honoré Fragonard → Nicolas Lancret → Rococo painting →
influencedBy	Flemish painting → Italian painting → Peter Paul Rubens →
knownFor	fêtes galantes → ushering in the Rococo style →
memberOf	Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture →
movement	Baroque → Rococo →
name	Antoine Watteau →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Embarkation for Cythera → Fêtes Vénitiennes → Gilles → L’Embarquement pour Cythère → L’Enseigne de Gersaint → Mezzetin → Pierrot → Pilgrimage to Cythera → The Dance → The Indifferent → The Italian Comedians → The Love Song → The Scale of Love → The Signboard of Gersaint →
occupation	draughtsman → painter →
style	elegant → melancholic → poetic →
workLocation	France → Paris →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antoine Watteau ("Watteau") →	familyName
Antoine Watteau ("Jean-Antoine Watteau") →	fullName
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →	hadMember
Old Masters ("Jean-Antoine Watteau") →	hasNotableExample
François Boucher →	influencedBy
Antoine Watteau →	name