Chardin Jean Baptiste

Charles Nicola Koshen, the first biographer of Chardin, claims that the artist realized his calling on the day when he saw and tried to write a carcass of a rabbit.

The plaster head of Mercury, tools for drawing and drawing, books in leather bindings, a roll of paper – that’s all the details of the still life “Attributes of Art.”

“Laundress” – one of the first genre paintings written by Chardin. Its customer was Antoine de La Roc, owner of the magazine “Mercure de France.” Simultaneously with the “Washerwoman” Chardin

In the center of the picture the cook sitting on a chair, was thinking about something, her hard-working hands stopped. In front of her there is a cauldron with polished

A young mother dresses a girl for a walk. The girl smiled proudly and a little embarrassedly to see her reflection in the mirror on the dressing table. Still on

The best portrait of Chardin. The artist portrayed himself without ceremony: in a nightcap with a blue visor, in a brown house jacket and a neck scarf, with a pince-nez

Servants played a huge role in the daily life of the average French family. In the 1730s, Chardin wrote several paintings on the life of servants. For them, he often

Fashion for paintings, and objects of decorative art with images of monkeys appeared in France in the late XVII century. Most often, the artists wrote monkeys dressed in a human

To enter the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, each artist had to present a jury of academicians with several of his works. Chardin showed academicians still lifes “Scat” and

Even the surest admirers of Chardin sometimes were surprised that the artist wastes his great talent for “low” and “unethical” stories. It seemed to the admirers that Monsieur Chardin lacked

In the still life with a cup deep harmonious brown tones, rich olive green background, brownish-red gleams on a bowl and apples unite utensils, vegetables, table into one. Everything acquires

Chardin rarely turned to the genre of the portrait, and if he still portrayed someone – then only close friends and acquaintances. In addition, the artist almost never exhibited these

This picture Chardin showed in the Salon of 1741 under the title “Son of Monsieur Le Noir, amusing the construction of a house of cards.” “Monsieur Le Noir” was a

The artist himself calls the picture this way: “Vain entertainment of a young man, letting bubbles.” The painting is imbued with the spirit of moralizing, the artist condemns the young

Children’s portraits of Chardin’s brush still fascinate viewers. Even if they are encased in uncomfortable, “wooden” jackets and heavy dresses, the children in the master’s paintings still look spontaneous and

Many of Chardin’s still lifes are made up of items of household utensils. At the beginning of the creative path, the artist preferred simple clay and glass vessels, but over

Chardin spent his entire life in Paris. He studied at the Paris Academy of St. Luke, and then was admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. In the

Like almost all the genre paintings of Chardin, “Prayer before dinner” exists in several copies. The picture that you now see in front of you, the master in 1740 presented

In his work, Chardin constantly turns to the still-life. On his still-lifes very few things carefully arranged: several vessels, several fruits, kitchen utensils, modest food of the common man.