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Eduard Charlemont (1848-1906)
"The Artist's Studio"
Oil on panel signed lower right.
Sedelmeyer Galleries, Paris - Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris - Sale,
Ortgies Galleries, NY 1898
35.83 x 28.35 inch
A genre and portrait painter, Eduard Charlemont was born into a family of artists; his father painted miniatures,
his brother Hugo was also a painter and his brother Theodor a sculptor. Precocious, he showed his first work at
the age of 15. He began studying under his father, and entered the Academy of Vienna under the direction of
Eduard Engerth.
Around 1870 he worked in the studio of Hans Makart before continuing his education through study trips to Italy,
Germany and Paris.
In the 1880s, he worked on the murals of Vienna's Burgtheater with his brother Hugo, the Klimt brothers and
several other artists. In 1888, he became an honorary member of the Vienna Academy.
He participated in many artistic events in Paris and 1878 won a prize of distinction at the Exposition Universelle.
In this period his career as a painter was established and he won many honors, notably a medal at the Exposition
Universelle of 1900.
In France, Eduard Charlemont was particularly known as a genre painter, inspired by German and Flemish
painters of the 17th century.
In this artist's studio, he has combined with virtuosity the art of the portrait with the still life. He portrays an artist
in front of his easel who could be identified as Van de Velde or Vermeer.
Even more than Meissonnier, Charlemont's technical mastery and immense knowledge of the 17th century
Flemish make him one of the best painters of the European academic school. This masterpiece is a remarkable
example.
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Museums
Moulins (Allier), Musée Anne de Beaujeu.
Philadelphie, Musée des Beaux-Arts.
Bibliography
Bénézit, " Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs ", Gründ 1999.
Schurr & Cabanne, " Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture, 1820 - 1920 ", les Editions de l'Amateur, 1996.
Chu, Petra "New Discoveries : Eduard Charlemont's Artist in his Studio"Nineteenth Century art Worldwide
Hans Kraan, Dromen van Holland, Zwolle, 2002, p88
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