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Rococo Artists

  • Bernardo Bellotto (1720 - 1780)
  • François Boucher (1703 - 1770)
  • Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
  • Rosalba Carriera (1675 - 1757)
  • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779)
  • Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704 - 1788)
  • Alexandre-François Desportes (1661 - 1743)
  • Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692 - 1768)
  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806)
  • Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
  • Corrado Giaquinto (1703 - 1765)
  • Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
  • Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770)
  • Elizabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755 - 1842)
  • Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721)






  • What is Rococo ?

    Rococo first started out as a reaction of architects against the formal
    Baroque interiors in the 1720's. It probably received its name among
    young assistants in the atelier of the neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis
    David, who used the word whimsically to designate the old shellwork
    style (style rocaille) of the ancien régime , which had been dowdy in
    France since about 1775, though in Spain it continued to bloom.

    Apart from decorators, architects, goldsmiths and other technicians,
    the Rococo style also contains painters. The painters portrayed the
    carefree, luxurious life of the aristocracy rather than focusing on
    grand heroes or pious martyrs. This style does not only depict in the
    subjects, but also in the style of painting with swift, smooth,
    playful lining and delicate coloring.


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