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Ground-breaking and one of the most important painters in the history of art, that's Jean-Antoine Watteau. With his poetic scenes full of subtle but significant gestures and glances, he created a new genre of art that was light, airy and elegant. His innovative art marked the beginning of the Rococo movement. Teylers Museum presents in collaboration with the St盲del Museum in Frankfurt, the first major exhibition of the artist in the Netherlands, with more than 60 paintings and drawings by Watteau and followers. 

Watteau was a gifted avant-garde artist. His work was nothing like the severe and gloomy classicism from the period of Sun King Louis XIV. Four years before his death, he was young, only 36 years, he was included in the official Acad茅mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. When the artist handed his accession painting, it seemed hardly to classify it as a real 'history painting'. Finally it was named f锚te gallant premeditation, a term that has remained forever linked to Watteau.

Hope, excitement, expectation, fun, shyness, love. The work of Watteau is full of emotion. Like no other, the French artist managed to capture the sphere of young people partying or elegant couples. His paintings and drawings resemble scenes from costume films like Dangerous Liaisons, the faces and eyes he drew, still have a modern touch. As if the women just stepped out of Vogue. Watteau showed real feelings, which was groundbreaking at the time. By combining ordinary people with theatrical characters from the commedia dell'arte, he added a symbolic layer and strengthened the displayed emotions.