Watteau's Drawings: Virtuosity and Delight

Scotsman“Outstanding show...” No artist has ever managed to capture and convey at such a distance in time so much of the warmth and vitality of youth. It is there in the swiftness of his eye, the movement of his hand and in the richness of the red chalk that was his medium...

Time Out“Refinement, recreation and romance...” The brilliance of these drawings, what makes them seem so vibrant, lies partly in their compositional peculiarities. Watteau intended for them to act as a kind of catalogue of forms and postures, returning sometimes years later to add another study..

The Telegraph“There is nothing finicky about Watteau’s drawings...” As a result, his drawings have an attractively intimate and unbuttoned quality, reminding us that the 18th century could be more artfully dishevelled than perhaps we sometimes think...

The Independent“They make you feel fond just looking at them...” The two French curators of the stunning show of his drawings at the Royal Academy, Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, are of the belief that he remains one of the greatest of all French artists from any time...

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