Auguste Charpentier
Auguste Charpentier (1813–1880) was a French painter. He attained fame under the Second French Empire as a portraitist for numerous celebrities of the time such as George Sand, Mademoiselle Rachel, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena, Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Delaporte.
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Auguste Charpentier
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- Name
- Auguste Charpentier
- Born
- 1813
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 1880
- Field
- Painting, engraving, drawing
- Training
- École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, François Gérard, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- Auguste Charpentier is recorded with the occupation painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
- Languages
- French.
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Auguste Charpentier (1813–1880) was a French painter. He attained fame under the Second French Empire as a portraitist for numerous celebrities of the time such as George Sand, Mademoiselle Rachel, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena, Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Delaporte.
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Biography
Biography
Auguste Charpentier studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Auguste Charpentier is recorded in the collections of Musée de la Vie romantique, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, Saint-Roch, Paris and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Auguste Charpentier • Birth Name — Auguste Charpentier • Born — 1813 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 1880 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting, engraving, drawing • Training — École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, François Gérard, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Partial list of works
Partial list of works
• Illustration — Portrait de Lottin de Laval (1840), Musée des beaux-arts de Bernay. • Illustration — Portrait de George Sand (1838), Paris, musée de la vie romantique. • Musée des beaux-arts de Caen: Pâtre italien (lost work), oil on canvas • Musée des beaux-arts de Caen: Courtisane, oil on canvas • Musée des beaux-arts de Dole: Portrait de Joseph Lyard, oil on canvas • Grand'Combe-Châteleu, Saint-Joseph Church: Sainte-Madeleine, oil on canvas • Paris, Saint-Roch Church, ten paintings classified as historical monuments: • Les Funérailles, 1833, oil on canvas • La Résurrection, oil on canvas • Les Saintes Femmes au sépulcre, oil on canvas • La Loi divine, oil on canvas • L'Innocence, oil on canvas • L'Extrême-onction, oil on canvas • La Force, oil on canvas • La Sagesse, oil on canvas • La Charité, oil on canvas • La Religion, oil on canvas • Paris, musée de la vie romantique: Portrait de George Sand, 1838, George Sand et ses amis à Nohan • Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen: Portrait de Bocage, artiste dramatique, before 1862, • Musée de Vendôme: Portrait de Charles Mansui • Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon: Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1808–1878), 1849, oil on canvas • Musée des beaux-arts de Bernay, Portrait de Pierre-Victorien Lottin de Laval, oil on canvas
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Paris.
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10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q602962: Auguste Charpentier
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- 1.Archives de Paris, fichier de l'état civil reconstitué, vue 1 / 51.
- 2.Archives de Paris, acte de décès n°2398 dressé le 16/05/1880, vue 10 / 31.
- 3.Base Joconde 000PE020939 Pâtre italien .
- 4.Base Joconde M0347001054 Portrait de Joseph Lyard .
- 5.Base Joconde 00000057946 Portrait de Bocage, artiste dramatique .
- 6.Base Joconde M0277002659 Portrait de Charles Mansui .
- 7.Base Joconde 000PE011114 Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1808-1878) .
- 8.Cnap.
- 9.Base Joconde M0250000666 George Sand. (Salon de 1839) .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Gérald Schurr, Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture 1820-1920, tome 4, Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1979, .
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