La Camargo Dancing

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Born in 18-century Paris is the artists who created this painting called The “La Camargo Dancing” Known as French artist named Nicholas Lancret he was a prominent figure in rococo style of painting. Lancret first started out as a historical painter but he started to move away from it and had such resounding skill when it came to the style “fetes galantes” this is what he did professionally The style was Lancret was very proficient at is known as the “fêtes galantes” or “scenes of courtly amusements in Arcadian settings, reflected the society of his time”. Around 1712, he at the age of 11 he became a student of Claude Gillot the creator of the “fetes galantes” style. While a student he meet another fellow student named Antoine Watteau who

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