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jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin Self-Portrait oil painting


Self-Portrait
Painting ID::  26946
jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Self-Portrait
mk52 1771 Pastel on paper 46x37.5cm Cabinet des Dessins,Louvre,Paris

   
   
     

jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin Young Girl with a Shuttlecock oil painting


Young Girl with a Shuttlecock
Painting ID::  28997
jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Young Girl with a Shuttlecock
mk65 Oil on canvas 32 5/16x26in Uffizi,Gallery

   
   
     

jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin The Washerwoman oil painting


The Washerwoman
Painting ID::  29267
jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Washerwoman
mk65 Oil on canvas 15x17"

   
   
     

jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin The Soap Bubble oil painting


The Soap Bubble
Painting ID::  29492
jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Soap Bubble
c. 1739 Oil on canvas, 61 x 63 cm

   
   
     

jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin The Buffet oil painting


The Buffet
Painting ID::  29494
jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Buffet
1728 Oil on canvas, 194 x 129 cm

   
   
     

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     jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
     1699-1779 was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life.Chardin was born in Paris, the son of a cabinetmaker, and rarely left the city. He lived on the Left Bank near Saint-Sulpice until 1757, when Louis XV granted him a studio and living quarters in the Louvre.Chardin entered into a marriage contract with Marguerite Saintard in 1723, whom he did not marry until 1731.He served apprenticeships with the history painters Pierre-Jacques Cazes and Noël-Nicholas Coypel, and in 1724 became a master in the Academie de Saint-Luc. Upon presentation of The Ray in 1728, he was admitted to the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. The following year he ceded his position in the Academie de Saint-Luc. In November of 1731 his son Jean-Pierre was baptized, and a daughter, Marguerite-Agn's, was baptized in 1733. In 1735 his wife Marguerite died, and within two years Marguerite-Agn's had died as well.Beginning in 1737 Chardin exhibited regularly at the Salon. He would prove to be a 'dedicated academician', regularly attending meetings for fifty years, and functioning successively as counsellor, treasurer, and secretary, overseeing in 1761 the installation of Salon exhibitions. In 1744 he entered his second marriage, this time to Françoise-Marguerite Pouget. The following year a daughter, Angelique-Françoise, was born, but she died in 1746. In 1752 Chardin was granted a pension of 500 livres by Louis XV. At the Salon of 1759 he exhibited nine paintings; it was the first Salon to be commented upon by Denis Diderot, who would prove to be a great admirer and public champion of Chardin's work.Beginning in 1761, his responsibilities on behalf of the Salon, simultaneously arranging the exhibitions and acting as treasurer, resulted in a diminution of productivity in painting, and the showing of 'replicas' of previous works.In 1763 his services to the Academie were acknowledged with an extra 200 livres in pension. In 1765 he was unanimously elected associate member of the Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts of Rouen, but there is no evidence that he left Paris to accept the honor.By 1770 Chardin was the 'Premiere peintre du roi', and his pension of 1,400 livres was the highest in the Academy.In 1772 Chardin's son,

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