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Chardin Jean Baptiste Simeon

Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin

Ankele Publishing, LLC

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Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin

BORN: November 2, 1699 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 6, 1779 in Paris, France.

MOVEMENT: Rococo

INTERESTING FACTS:

Chardin is considered a master of still life painting.
Beginning in 1737 he regularly exhibited at the Salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
By painting standards, Chardin was not prolific. His paintings only number around 200 total.
Chardin greatly influenced Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse, as some of their paintings reflect his work.

NOTABLE WORKS: Boy with a Top, The Smoker’s Case, The Prayer before Meal.

CHARDIN art book contains 60+ Reproductions of Still Life, Portrait and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin

BORN: November 2, 1699 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 6, 1779 in Paris, France.

MOVEMENT: Rococo

INTERESTING FACTS:

Chardin is considered a master of still life painting.
Beginning in 1737 he regularly exhibited at the Salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
By painting standards, Chardin was not prolific. His paintings only number around 200 total.
Chardin greatly influenced Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse, as some of their paintings reflect his work.

NOTABLE WORKS: Boy with a Top, The Smoker’s Case, The Prayer before Meal.

CHARDIN art book contains 60+ Reproductions of Still Life, Portrait and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Chardin

Nabu Press

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Pierre Rosenberg, the Chardin scholar and President-Director of the Musée du Louvre, had one overriding goal in mind when assembling the exhibition of which Chardin is the catalog: "to present the artist's finest paintings, the most perfect, the most harmonious, the paintings that leave nothing to be desired." The 99 paintings reproduced in this book are a testimony to the success of that endeavor. There are also six essays by Chardin experts and an extensively researched chronology.

Chardin's still lifes and genre scenes have been deeply appreciated for centuries for what Rosenberg calls "the grave, silent quality that encourages the onlooker to silent reverie." He is incapable of untruth: his subjects--jugs and bowls, glasses, cherries, housemaids, boys at play, dogs and cats--are painted without a touch of irony, embellishment, or drama.

It is painful to report that this volume is extremely disappointing visually, with plates that are either poorly reproduced or reproduced from poor transparencies and are slightly greenish or washed out. Except for details, which do show Chardin's close harmonies and painterly touch, the pictures look flat and dull. Art historians, of course, will see the paintings in the flesh and use this book as only an aide-memoire, but for ordinary, nonprofessional art lovers, the 20-year-old catalog of the great 1979 Chardin exhibition gives a far better sense of the quiet perfection of this subtle artist. Even a pocket book from Abrams' Discoveries series, Chardin: An Intimate Art, by Helene Prigent and Pierre Rosenberg, is far superior. Although its reproductions are minuscule by comparison, they are at least clear and clean, with colors that appear to be close to those of the original works. The little book may be only an hors d'oeuvre, but it has all the flavor that is missing in the full-course meal. --Peggy Moorman

Chardin

Réunion des Musées Nationaux

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Chardin

Flammarion

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J.B.S Chardin (Art et Artistes Francais)

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Soap bubbles (Masterpiece in focus)

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