A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
decorative painter, was born at Nancy in 1661.
He stuciied under Gerard, and became herald at
arms and painter to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine.
He painted numerous pictures for the churches of
Nancy, ami died in that city in 1747.
CHARLET, Nicolas Todssaint, a French painter and lithographer, was bom in Paris in 1792. He showed much taste for drawing whilst at school, and later on studied under Lehel and Gros. Tho first work that brought him into notice was a litho- graph, ' La Garde meurt mala ne se rend pas,' pub- lished in 1817. There is a touch of humour in his representations, especially in those in which grena- diers are introduced. He perhaps had a natural in- clination towards subjects of that class from the fact of his father having been in the army. Figures of street Arabs, market women, and concierges were also handled by him in a life-like and picturesque manner. The Louvre possesses twelve of his draw- ings. Versailles has a 'Scene from the Russian Cam- paign,' exhibited in 1836 ; the Museum of Lyons, ' Moreau's Passage of the Rhine ; ' and the Museum of Bordeaux, ' Wounded Soldiers on the March.' He died in Paris in 1845. Charlet's lithographs number nearly two thousand, besides which he produced a large number of water-colour and sepia drawings and some etchings,
CHARMADAS, (or Chaumas,) was one of the earliest of the Greek monochromists, wlio flourished about B.C. 850.
CHARMETTON, Georges, a French historical painter, was born at Lyons in 1619. He was a pupil of Jacques Stella, and was made an Academi- cian in 1663, in which year Sebastien Bourdon entrusted to him the whole of the arcliitectural decorations of the Hotel de Bretonvilliers. He died in Paris in 1674.
CHARPENTIER, Constance Marie, whose maiden name was Blondelu, was born in Paris in 17G7. She studied under Wilk, David, Lafitte, Gerard, and Bouillon, and devoted herself chiefly to portraiture, but likewise painted some genre subjects. She died in Paris in 1849.
CHARPENTIER, Eugene Lodi.s who was borp in Paris in 1811, studied underG6rard and Cogniet, and became celebrated as a painter of historical pictures. These were frequently battle-scenes, some of which are at Versailles. He was also a portrait painter, and one of his most successful works was a likeness of Georges Sand, painted in 1839. Ilis 'Pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique at the Battle of Paris, March 30, 1814,' which was exhibited in 1852, is now in the Museum of Boulogne-sur-.Aler. He died in 1880.
CHARPENTIER, Francois Philippe, a French engraver, who invented a machine for engraving in aquatint, and another for engraving patterns for lace, was born at Blois in 1734, and died there in 1817. By this artist we have among other prints the following:
The Education of the Virgin ; after Emcher. Cupids playing with the Graces ; the same. The De:ith of Archimedes ; after Ciro Ferri. The Shepherdess ; after Berchem. The .Shepherd reposing ; after the same. The Descent from the Cross ; after C. van Loo. Astyanax torn from the arms of Andromache by order of Ulysses ; after Doyen.
CHARPENTIER, Jean Baptiste, a French painter of genre subjects and portraits, was born in Paris in 1728, and died there in 1806. The Museum of Rennes has by him a full-length por- trait of the Duke of Penthievre, Higli Admiral of France and Governor of Brittany. His son and pupil, Jean Baptiste Charpentier, bom in 1779 in Paris, where lie died in 1835, painted historical subjects and portraits.
CHARPENTIER, Ren6 Jacques, a French engraver, was born at Caen in 1733, and died in 1770. We have by him ' The Last Supper,' and ' Christ washing the Disciples' Feet,' after Lam- bert Lombart, and a ' Crucifixion,' after his own design.
CHARPENTIERE, Adrien. See Carpentiers.
CHARPIGNON, Claude, was a French engraver who flourished in the 17th century, by whom we have a ' Virgin and Child,' after Guido Reni ; a ' Holy Family,' after Laurent de La Hyre; ' St. Mary of Egypt,' after Blanchard, and some portraits.
CHAHRETIE, Anna Maria, was born at Vaux- hall in 1819. Through misfortunes after the death of her husband, she adopted art as a profession. Amongst her pictures are ' Lady Betty Germain,' ' Lady Betty's Maid,' ' Lady Betty shopping,' and 'Mistress of herself though China fall.' She died at Kensington in 1875.
CHARRIN, Fanny and Sophie, were sisters, and natives of Lyons. Fanny was a pupil of Legay, and, adopting miniature painting, was attached to the porcelain manufactory at Sevres. She died in Paris in 1864. Sophie painted portraits, and d'ed in Paris in 1856.
CHARTIER, Jean, a French painter and en- graver, was born at Orleans, in the early part of the 16th century. In 1574 he publislied a set of ten engravings from his own designs, entitled, ' Les Blasons de vertu,' the frontispiece to which contains a portrait of the artist. He died at Orleans in 158C. Among other works by him we have the following plates :
The Virgin and Infant Jesus, with St. John. A Man sitting in a Landscape, with riins. A nude figure of a Man carrying the base of a column. The Artist himself seated in his studio.
CHASE, John, was born in London in 1810. When very young he showed a love for art, and was greatly helped in his studies by Constable, who took a warm interest in his efforts and pro- gress. At fourteen he exhibited his first picture at the Royal Academy, and ten 3'ears later he was chosen one among the earliest members of the New Society of Painters in Water-Colours (now the Institute), to which he was a constant contri- butor. He generally painted landscapes and archi- tectural subjects, especially Haddon Hall. He died in London in 1879. In the South Kensington Museum there is a drawing by him of ' Windmills by a River.'
CHASSELAT, Charles Abraham, a French his- torical painter, was the son of Pierre Chasselat. He was born in Paris in 1782, and became a pupil of his father and of Vincent. He exhibited in 1812 ' The Repose of Belisarius.' He also illustrated the works of Voltaire, Racine, Moliere, and other authors ; and was employed in making drawings of state ceremonials, as the ' Funeral of Louis XVIIL' and the 'Coronation of Charles X.' He died in Paris in 1843. His son Henri J. Saint- Ange Chasselat, who was a pupil of Lethiere, painted historical and genre subjects. He was born in 1813, and died in 1880.
CHASSELAT, Pierre, a French miniature painter, was a pupil of Vien. He exhibited watercolour drawings and miniatures from 1793 to 1810.
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