Constance Marie Charpentier
Constance Marie Charpentier | |
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| File:Constance Marie Charpentier.jpg Self portrait | |
| Born | Constance-Marie Blondelu[1] 4 April 1767 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 August 1849 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting |
Constance Marie Charpentier (born 4 April 1767 Paris, – 3 August 1849 Paris)[1] was a French painter. She specialized in genre scenes and portraits, mainly of children and women. She was also known as Constance Marie Blondelu.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Records of Charpentier's training are unclear, but she might have studied with numerous artists. She is typically believed to have studied with the acclaimed French painter Jacques-Louis David, but may also have been a pupil of François Gérard, Pierre Bouillon, Louis Lafitte and either Johann Georg Wille or his son, Pierre-Alexandre Wille.[2]
In 1788 she received a 'Prix d'Encouragement.' From 1795 to 1819 she exhibited approximately thirty paintings at various Salons, winning a gold medal in 1814 at the Paris Salon and a silver medal in 1821 at the Salon at Douai.[2][3]
It is believed that some of Charpentier's works were incorrectly attributed to her teacher, David.[4] The well-known painting Young Woman Drawing (1801) was incorrectly attributed first to David, then to Charpentier, and is now believed to be the work of Marie-Denise Villers.[5] Based on surviving, positively identified works by Charpentier, she is considered one of the finest portrait painters of her era.[3]
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