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Fête champêtre with a musician and a statue of Venus behind; and Fête champêtre with bathers in front of a fountain (pair)
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A French Rococo painter known particularly for his depictions of female
figures and peasant festivities, Jean-Baptiste Pater was much
influenced by another French painter, Jean-Antoine Watteau. Pater
first studied with an artist in his hometown of Valenciennes and also
with his own father, who was a sculptor. Then he worked with
Watteau in Paris, but left him after several years because of what was
perceived as Watteau's bad temper.
Pater returned to Valenciennes, bu (showing 500 of 1257 characters). |
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