Jean-Siméon Chardin

French Artist · 1699–1779

4 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Unlike François Boucher, with whom he shared many patrons, Chardin was not interested in the superficial; it was the very essence of objects and the underlying humanity of his figures that he evoked with tiny slabs of saturated paint. "We use colors," said Chardin, "but we paint with our feelings." A Parisian carpenter's son, Chardin learned from a modest artist and began by painting signposts for