{"id":13254,"date":"2026-07-26T09:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galerieballesteros.fr\/portfolio-items\/louis-etienne-watelet-1780-1866-landscape-by-the-river\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:21:09","slug":"louis-etienne-watelet-1780-1866-landscape-by-the-river","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/galerieballesteros.fr\/en\/portfolio-items\/louis-etienne-watelet-1780-1866-landscape-by-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis \u00c9tienne WATELET (1780\u20131866) Landscape by the River"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Louis Etienne Watelet<\/h2>\n

A naturalistic landscape, dated 1819, by the landscape painter Louis \u00c9tienne Watelet. A landscape with a neoclassical composition. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil on paper mounted on canvas
\nSigned and dated 1829 in the lower right corner
\nDimensions: 25 x 36 cm
\n, with frame: 43 x 55 cm<\/h6>\n
Price: 3500 euros<\/h6>\n
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Louis Etienne Watelet: A Style That Straddles Neoclassicism and Naturalism<\/h3>\n

Watelet’s painting oscillates between the classical formula of the composed landscape\u2014whose decorative aspect he emphasizes\u2014and a more naturalistic style.<\/p>\n

From the neoclassical design, Watelet retains a taste for the layering of planes\u2014which allows him to push back the horizon while enlarging the space\u2014and for the skillful distribution of light.<\/p>\n

His style is precise down to the smallest detail and is characterized by elegance and refinement.<\/p>\n

Our painting is a good example of this<\/p>\n

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A scene from everyday life<\/h3>\n

The scene is classic and idyllic: a river, a watermill, and people going about their daily lives.<\/p>\n

The river divides the painting into two banks, on which a group of people\u2014including a fisherman, a woman carrying a basket, a shepherd, and his herd of cows\u2014go about their business.<\/p>\n

This harmoniously composed landscape exudes a great sense of serenity.<\/p>\n

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Biography<\/span><\/h4>\n

Louis \u00c9tienne Watelet was a French landscape painter and the son of a Parisian haberdasher. <\/span><\/p>\n

This self-taught landscape painter, who, according to Charles Gabet, had \u201cno other teachers than nature and his love of art,\u201d seems, however, to have frequented the studios of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and Georges Malbeste. <\/span><\/p>\n

He participated in the Salon de peinture for the first time in 1799 and subsequently exhibited there regularly. He was awarded a second gold medal there in 1810, followed by a first-place medal in 1819, and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1825. <\/p>\n

A prolific painter and avid traveler in pursuit of his art, he explored southern France, Savoie, Italy, Belgium, and Tyrol, and roamed the countryside of \u00cele-de-France. He specialized in historical landscapes, which he depicted in the Romantic style. <\/p>\n

Watelet is best known for his role as an art educator. It was in his studio that many distinguished future landscape painters\u2014including Prosper Baccuet, Th\u00e9odore Caruelle d’Aligny, Paul Delaroche, Abel Dufresne, and Pierre Thuillier\u2014served their apprenticeships.<\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/h4>\n

– B\u00e9n\u00e9zit dictionary.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cDictionary of French Landscape Painters\u201d <\/span>“In the 19th Century” by Lydia Harembourg<\/p>\n

\u2022 Charles Gabet, \u201cWatelet (Louis-\u00c9tienne),\u201d in Dictionary of Artists of the French School in the 19th Century. : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Engraving, Drawing, Lithography, and Musical Composition, Paris, Madame Vergne, 1831, 710 pp. (read online [archive]), p. 704.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gustave Vapereau, *Universal Dictionary of Contemporary Figures*, Paris, 1858.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Charles de Mourgues, Explanations of Works of Painting and Sculpture, Paris, 1833.<\/p>\n

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Museums<\/h4>\n

– Paris, Louvre Museum<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aix-en-Provence<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bordeaux<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carcassonne, Museum of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Coutances, Quesnel-Morini\u00e8re Museum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dijon, Magnin Museum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Le Puy-en-Velay, Crozatier Museum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Montpellier, Fabre Museum<\/p>\n

\u2022 Versailles, National Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vienna, Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology: View of a cloth factory in the city of Vienna, 1837.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\u2022 https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_\u00c9tienne_Watelet<\/p>\n<\/div>

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