Past Exhibition: Watteau and His World
Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750
October 20, 1999 to January 9, 2000
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Past Exhibition: Watteau to Degas
Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection
October 6, 2009 to January 10, 2010
Frederik Johannes Lugt (1884–1970) was a Dutch art historian, connoisseur, and collector.
Travels with a Curator: Valenciennes
In this week’s episode of “Travels with a Curator,” travel with Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, to Valenciennes, the birthplace of the Rococo painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. Delve into the historical events surrounding Watteau’s "Portal at Valenciennes" (ca. 1710–11), a scene of soldiers at rest near the ramparts of the town. Known for his depictions of garden frolics, Watteau seldom portrayed military life—“The Portal” is one of only three such paintings that survive today.
Christy Pichichero: "Watteau's Soldiers: Bodies, War, and Enlightenment"
As demonstrated by the special exhibition Watteau's Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France, Watteau’s soldiers reveal a paradox: their bodies and minds seem docile, subjugated to military discipline, yet they also relay a vibrant participation in and processing of the experience of war. Discover how this paradox revolutionized military thought during the French Enlightenment and ushered in a new understanding of the costs of war on the human body, mind, and heart.
Watteau's Soldiers, introductory video
An introductory video for the exhibition, Watteau's Soldiers, on view at The Frick Collection from July 12, through October 2, 2016.
Aaron Wile: "Watteau: Making as Meaning"
Jean-Antoine Watteau's military works proffer a modern vision of war in which the soldier's inner life is brought to the fore. This talk, presented by the curator of the special exhibition Watteau's Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France, examines how the problem of representing interiority informed the artist's working methods.
Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery
Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at The Frick Collection, introduces the exhibition Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery, on view in the East Gallery through February 1, 2015.
'Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery'
Dulwich Picture Gallery holds one of the world's major collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century paintings. The exhibition, which heralds the Gallery’s bicentenary in 2011, reintroduced American audiences to this institution’s collection through an exceptional group of works, shown exclusively at the Frick through May 30, 2010.
Watteau’s Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France
July 12 through October 2, 2016
