Watteau

[ wo-toh; French va-toh ]

/ wɒˈtoʊ; French vaˈtoʊ /

Jean An·toine

[zhahn ahn-twan] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/,1684–1721, French painter.

Example sentences from the Web for watteau

It was absolutely a Fête Champêtre, but more brilliant and classic than Watteau ever can have seen.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah |William G. Burn Murdoch
He respects the tradition, he takes tips from Watteau or Ingres or Czanne, but orders he takes from no man.

Since Czanne |Clive Bell
So, if he would, he might say that she was like a Watteau and had made a picture.

Paths of Judgement |Anne Douglas Sedgwick
In short, he has his own manner; he is the Boucher, the Watteau of our day.

The Mind of the Artist |Various

Those of Watteau will make him believe that he could live on candies and choux à la crême.

Her Royal Highness Woman |Max O'Rell

Watteau

/ (ˈwɒtəʊ, French vato) /

Jean-Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1684–1721, French painter, esp of fêtes champêtres