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Claude Gillot (April 27, 1673 – May 4, 1722) was a French painter, print-maker and illustrator, best known as the master of
File:Claude Gillot - Les deux carrosses (vers 1707).JPG, ''Les Deux Carrosses'', 1707, oil on canvas,
Brief biography of Claude Gillot from the Getty Museum
* 1673 births 1722 deaths People from Langres 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub
Claude Gillot (April 27, 1673 – May 4, 1722) was a French painter, print-maker and illustrator, best known as the master of Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau (, , ; baptised October 10, 1684died July 18, 1721) Alsavailablevia Oxford Art Online (subscription needed). was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as ...
and Lancret.
Life
Gillot was born inLangres
Langres () is a commune in France, commune in northeastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Departments of France, department of Haute-Marne, in the Regions of France, region of Grand Est.
History
As the capital o ...
. He was a painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker, and designer for the theater. He had Watteau as an apprentice between 1703 and 1708.
Gillot's sportive mythological landscape pieces, with such titles as ''Feast of Pan'' and ''Feast of Bacchus'', opened the Academy of Painting at Paris
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to him in 1715; and he then adapted his art to the fashionable tastes of the day, and introduced the decorative '' fêtes champêtres'', in which he was afterwards surpassed by his pupils, though Gillot's examples usually lack the contemporary dress of Watteau's. His paintings often include characters from the ''commedia dell'arte
(; ; ) was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is also known as , , and . Charact ...
'', a taste he passed on to Watteau. Gollot was also closely connected with the opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
and theatre as a designer of scenery and costumes. He died in Paris, aged 49.
Gallery
Louvre
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, Paris
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File:Claude Gillot - Scene from the 'Master Andrew's Tomb' - WGA8990.jpg, ''Le tombeau de Maître André'', ca. 1716–1717, oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris
File:Claude Gillot - Italian Comedians - WGA08989.jpg, ''Scene from "Jupiter curieux impertinent"'', pen drawing, Louvre, Paris
File:Gillot-Mascarade.jpg, ''Mascarade'', pen and brown ink drawing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Brief biography of Claude Gillot from the Getty Museum
* 1673 births 1722 deaths People from Langres 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub