biography
pronunciation:
[zheeloh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1673–1722)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Langres, NE France. He studied under his father, Jean Gillot, and in Paris under Jean-Baptiste Corneille. In 1710 he became an associate of the Académie and director of costumes and decoration at the Opéra from 1715. He was the first artist to bring theatrical scenes into French painting, as in The Tomb of Maître André (c.1707). He greatly influenced Watteau and Lancret. |
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