1684 - 1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: , US: , French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Antoine Watteau has received more than 389,297 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 62 in 2019). Jean-Antoine Watteau is the 88th most popular painter (down from 65th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from France (down from 169th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Painter.
Jean-Antoine Watteau is most famous for his paintings of scenes of aristocratic life.
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Among painters, Jean-Antoine Watteau ranks 88 out of 1,421. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Cimabue, Francisco de Zurbarán, Paolo Uccello, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Berthe Morisot. After him are Max Ernst, Lisa del Giocondo, Filippo Lippi, Matthias Grünewald, Vittore Carpaccio, and Andrei Rublev.
1617 - 1682
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 82
1240 - 1302
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 83
1598 - 1664
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 84
1475 - 1475
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 85
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 86
1841 - 1895
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 87
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 88
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 89
1479 - 1542
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 90
1406 - 1469
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 91
1480 - 1528
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 92
1465 - 1526
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 93
1360 - 1428
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1684, Jean-Antoine Watteau ranks 2. Before him is Catherine I of Russia. After him are Ludvig Holberg, Maria Barbara Bach, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Edward Vernon, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Robert Maynard, and Jean Astruc. Among people deceased in 1721, Jean-Antoine Watteau ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement XI. After him are Alexander Selkirk, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Edward Colston, and Elihu Yale.
1684 - 1727
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 1
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 2
1684 - 1754
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 3
1684 - 1720
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 4
1684 - 1751
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 5
1684 - 1755
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 6
1684 - 1737
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 7
1684 - 1748
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 8
1684 - 1757
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 9
1684 - 1757
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 10
1684 - 1751
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 11
1684 - 1766
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 12
1649 - 1721
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 1
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 2
1676 - 1721
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 3
1695 - 1721
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 4
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 5
1645 - 1721
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1656 - 1721
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 7
1667 - 1721
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 8
1671 - 1721
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 9
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 10
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 11
1649 - 1721
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jean-Antoine Watteau ranks 261 out of 6,011. Before him are Joseph Fouché (1759), Georges Cuvier (1769), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), Olympe de Gouges (1748), and Berthe Morisot (1841). After him are Arsène Wenger (1949), Philip I of France (1052), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Josquin des Prez (1450), Ferdinand Foch (1851), and Maurice Leblanc (1864).
1759 - 1820
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 255
1769 - 1832
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 256
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 257
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 258
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 259
1841 - 1895
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 260
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 261
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 262
1052 - 1108
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 263
1065 - 1124
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 264
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 265
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 266
1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 267
Among painters born in France, Jean-Antoine Watteau ranks 27. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), François Boucher (1703), Honoré Daumier (1808), Paul Signac (1863), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), and Berthe Morisot (1841). After him are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Claude Lorrain (1600), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Georges de La Tour (1593), Gustave Moreau (1826), and Charles Le Brun (1619).
1796 - 1875
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 21
1703 - 1770
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 22
1808 - 1879
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 23
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 24
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 25
1841 - 1895
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 26
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 27
1755 - 1842
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 28
1600 - 1682
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 29
1825 - 1905
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 30
1593 - 1652
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 31
1826 - 1898
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 32
1619 - 1690
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 33