CHARDIN

NAUGHTON GABRIEL

ISBN 10: 0714833363 / ISBN 13: 9780714833361

Verlag: PHAIDO, 1996

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 95be94063a74c3fca1d553e04af2550c

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?Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) was arguably the most talented French painter of the eighteenth century, best known for his original still lifes. Composed of simple, everyday objects, these works glow with warmth and magic, from the dull iron of the kitchen pans, to the glaze of the green earthenware jug or the shining copper of the cauldron. There is no superfluous detail or search for decorative effect; the beauty of his paintings lies in their minimalism. His contemporary, the philosopher Diderot, looking at The Olive Jar exclaimed: ‘All you have to do is take these biscuits and eat them … pick up the glass of wine and drink it … O Chardin! It’s not white, red or black pigment that you crush on your palette: it’s the very substance of the objects.’

Chardin received early recognition for his work, becoming an Associate of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and full Academician in 1728 at the age of almost 29. Following the success of his early still lifes and inspired by Dutch seventeenth-century artists, whose work was very much in vogue in Paris at the time, Chardin went on to paint some exquisite genre scenes and portraits, remarkable for their realism and honesty as well as for their skilful technique. His works had a tremendous influence on subsequent artists, inspiring painters as diverse as Manet and Cézanne.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Gabriel Naughton is a director of the fine art dealers, Agnew’s, and head of the department of Old Master drawings.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CHARDIN
Verlag: PHAIDO
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Softcover