Louis Joseph Watteau known 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...

(a title also given to his son) was a French painter active in 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...

. His father Noël Joseph Watteau (1689-1756) was brother to Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of fêtes galantes, and he was himself father to the painter François Watteau.

He played a decisive role in the foundation of what would become the musée lillois des Beaux-Arts

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....

, opened in 1803, by producing the first ever inventory of paintings confiscated by the state during the French Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

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Works

• La Jolie colombe, oil on wood, 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...
  
  
• La 14ème expérience aérostatique de M. Blanchard, 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...
  
  
• Le Bombardement de Lille, 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...
  
  
• Le retour des Aéronautes Blanchard et Lépinard, 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...
  
  

External links

• Louis Joseph Watteau on Artcyclopedia