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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

1699 - 1779

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Jean Siméon Chardin (French: [ʒɑ̃ simeɔ̃ ʃaʁdɛ̃]; November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is the 112th most popular painter (up from 132nd in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from France (up from 416th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Painter.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is most famous for his still life paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 112 out of 2,023. Before him are Lisa del Giocondo, Ivan Aivazovsky, Jacob van Ruisdael, Apelles, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Georges de La Tour. After him are Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, Andrea del Sarto, and Parmigianino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 3. Before him are Christian VI of Denmark, and Osman III. After him are Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Hans Joachim von Zieten, and Bernard de Jussieu. Among people deceased in 1779, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 2. Before him is James Cook. After him are Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, Thomas Chippendale, Karim Khan Zand, John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, William Boyce, Tommaso Traetta, and Louis de Jaucourt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 361 out of 6,770. Before him are Philip the Bold (1342), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Anne of Brittany (1477), Louis Renault (1843), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), and Paul Ricœur (1913). After him are Luc Montagnier (1932), Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), Antonin Artaud (1896), Diane de Poitiers (1499), and Héloïse (1101).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ranks 32. Before him are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Honoré Daumier (1808), Paul Signac (1863), Claude Lorrain (1600), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), and Georges de La Tour (1593). After him are Pierre Bonnard (1867), Odilon Redon (1840), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Dubuffet (1901), André Derain (1880), and Charles Le Brun (1619).

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