1695 -1736 · Valenciennes and Paris

Gallant festivals, actors, musicians and military camps extend Watteau's poetic invention for Jean-Baptiste Pater.

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater was born in Valenciennes in 1695 into a family of artisans. After initial local training, he moved to Paris and became the only officially recognized student of Antoine Watteau. Their relationship was brief and sometimes difficult, but decisive: gardens invaded by greenery, elegant couples, actors, musicians and soldiers became the vocabulary that Pater developed with personal energy. After Watteau's death in 1721, he responded to a clientele wishing to rediscover the gallant party while multiplying its variations. After Watteau's death in 1721, he responded to a clientele wishing to return to the gallant party while multiplying its variations. Received at the Royal Academy in 1721, he responded to a clientele wishing to return to the gallant party while multiplying its variations. Received at the Royal Academy in 1728 with a military scene, Pater distinguished himself with numerous groups and a more open narration. His soldiers do not celebrate the battle; they walk, sleep, smoke, eat and share the wait for the camps. In the park scenes, light dresses, instruments, swings and children's games build a leisure theater. A meeting of actors from the Italian Comedy combines mask, costume and conversation without clearly separating the spectacle from life. The Country Concert uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert also uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert also uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert also uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Concert also uses figures as colorful touches in a pastel landscape. The Country Hunt also shows the attraction of the century for a dreamed China, translated by costume and decor. The Chinese Hunt also shows the attraction of the century for a dreamed China, translated by costume and decor. The Chinese Hunt also shows the attraction of the century for a dreamed China, translated by costume and decor. Died in Paris in 1736, at only forty-one years old, he left a vast ensemble which ensured the continuity of the gallant celebration between Watteau and the Rococo generation. The "Jean-Baptiste Pater" selection notably compares Réunion d'acteurs de la ComédieItalie and Le Concert champêtre. His reading favors light.

Pater transforms the park into a floating stage: the music, the costume and the conversation count less as a closed story than as a rhythm of figures in the light.