Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon (1699-1779). French painter, one of the greatest of the 18th century, whose genre and still life subjects documented the life of the Paris bourgeoisie. He favored simple still lifes and unsentimental domestic interiors. His muted tones and ability to evoke textures are seen in Benediction and Return from Market (Louvre) and Blowing ...

Tour: 18th-Century France -- Chardin and Portraiture Overview | Start Tour 1 2 3 4 5 6 next room back to French and Italian painting of the 18th century Overview The Academy The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture was established in 1648 to centralize control over the arts, and in eighteenth-century France it dominated artistic life. Only members could receive royal commissions or ...

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