François-Louis-Joseph Watteau
1758–1823 · French painter from Lille, son and grandson of painters
François-Louis-Joseph Watteau (Lille, 18 August 1758 – Lille, 1 December 1823) was a French painter who worked in his native city and, like his father, was known as the Watteau of Lille. He is of interest mainly as a member of a family of artists related to Jean-Antoine Watteau, the painter of the fêtes galantes.
He was the son of the painter Louis Joseph Watteau (1731–1798) and the grandson of Noël Joseph Watteau (1689–1756), who was Jean-Antoine's brother. His teacher was his father, and Louis Joseph César Ducornet is recorded as one of his pupils.
Among his works are The Procession in Lille in 1789, an oil on canvas in the Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse in Lille; The Siege of Beauvais in 1472, an oil of 1799 in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes; and La Fête du Broquelet, an oil dated around 1803, also in the Hospice Comtesse.
From 1808 until his death he served as deputy curator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, an institution his father had helped to found. His legacy is tied to the artistic life of Lille in the early nineteenth century.
Works (2)
A crowded town square in Lille, where a theatre, a war cart, a horse, a dog, a duck and a child share the space with a barrel and people trading goods. The scene suggests the lively commercial life of an urban square. Painted in 1800 by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau in oil on canvas.
Where to see the work
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille · 1
Teachers and pupils
Studied with
- Louis Joseph Watteau 1731–1798
Pupils
- Louis Joseph César Ducornet 1806–1856