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1780 Paris, France - 1866 Paris, France. Known for: Landscape paintings with figures and buildings, atmospherics.
Louis Étienne Watelet (25 August 1780, Paris - 21 June 1866, Paris) was a French landscape painter and art teacher. His father was a "Marchand-mercier" (entrepreneur). He is generally credited with... Read full biography
Louis Étienne Watelet (25 August 1780, Paris - 21 June 1866, Paris) was a French landscape painter and art teacher. His father was a "Marchand-mercier" (entrepreneur). He is generally credited with being an autodidact (self taught). The painter, Charles Gabet (1793-1861) said that Louis had "no... Read full biography
Louis Étienne Watelet (25 August 1780, Paris - 21 June 1866, Paris) was a French landscape painter and art teacher. His father was a "Marchand-mercier" (entrepreneur). He is generally credited with being an autodidact (self taught). The painter, Charles Gabet (1793-1861) said that Louis had "no other masters but nature and the love of his art". Nevertheless, he is known to have frequented the studios of the painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and the engraver, Georges Malbeste. His first... Read full biography
Louis Étienne Watelet (25 August 1780, Paris - 21 June 1866, Paris) was a French landscape painter and art teacher. His father was a "Marchand-mercier" (entrepreneur). He is generally credited with being an autodidact (self taught). The painter, Charles Gabet (1793-1861) said that Louis had "no other masters but nature and the love of his art". Nevertheless, he is known to have frequented the studios of the painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and the engraver, Georges Malbeste. His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1799 and he participated regularly for the remainder of his life, receiving a second-class medal in 1810 and a first-class medal in 1819. He was named a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor in 1825. He was a prolific painter... Read full biography
Louis Étienne Watelet (25 August 1780, Paris - 21 June 1866, Paris) was a French landscape painter and art teacher. His father was a "Marchand-mercier" (entrepreneur). He is generally credited with being an autodidact (self taught). The painter, Charles Gabet (1793-1861) said that Louis had "no other masters but nature and the love of his art". Nevertheless, he is known to have frequented the studios of the painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and the engraver, Georges Malbeste. His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1799 and he participated regularly for the remainder of his life, receiving a second-class medal in 1810 and a first-class medal in 1819. He was named a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor in 1825. He was a prolific painter who travelled widely to work en plein aire; visiting the south of France, Savoy, Italy (which had a significant ef... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Awards/Recognition
- •Knight of Legion of Honour, France
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons