Watteau
Americannoun
noun
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Carriera, who was one of the most fashionable artists of her day, created portraits of many notable figures, including Louis XV of France, English author Horace Walpole and French painter Antoine Watteau.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
And Oscar de la Renta stole the show with an Audrey Hepburn-inspired cocktail dress featuring a hem-length Watteau train that converts into a veil.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
What did the Impressionists Berthe Morisot and Renoir see in the Rococo painters Watteau and Fragonard?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2020
According to a museum spokesman, the Watteau does not now face a hold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
The very few pictures which hung upon the walls were all of the gay Watteau school, and there were some fans painted on silk and framed by Charles Conder.
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
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