LANCRET, Nicolas (b. 1690, Paris, d. 1743, Paris) The Bird Cage - Oil on canvas, 44 x 48 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Watteau's originality could be copied but not kept alive once Watteau himself was dead. He created a vogue, and this perhaps damaged his own art in the eyes of the next generation. Without Watteau the f?te galante was soon to dwindle to triviality, but his example gave further impetus to the uncoordinated desire for freedom. The difficult balance between decoration and genre was to be held best in France by Nicolas Lancret, immensely successful during his lifetime, but who has
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LANCRET, Nicolas (b. 1690, Paris, d. 1743, Paris) The Bird Cage - Oil on canvas, 44 x 48 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Watteau's originality could be copied but not kept alive once Watteau himself was dead. He created a vogue, and this perhaps damaged his own art in the eyes of the next generation. Without Watteau the f?te galante was soon to dwindle to triviality, but his example gave further impetus to the uncoordinated desire for freedom. The difficult balance between decoration and genre was to be held best in France by Nicolas Lancret, immensely successful during his lifetime, but who has