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Constance Marie Charpentier

French artist (1767–1849)

Constance Marie Charpentier

Self portrait

Born

Constance-Marie Blondelu[1]


(1767-04-04)4 April 1767

Paris, France

Died3 August 1849(1849-08-03) (aged 82)

Paris, France

NationalityFrench
Known forPainting

Constance Marie Charpentier (born 4 April 1767 Paris, – 3 August 1849 Paris)[1] was a French painter.

She specialized in genre scenes and portraits, mainly of children and women. She was also known as Constance Marie Blondelu.

Life and career

Records of Charpentier's training are unclear, but she might have studied with numerous artists. She is typically believed to have studied with the acclaimed French painter Jacques-Louis David, but may also have been a pupil of François Gérard, Pierre Bouillon, Louis Lafitte and either Johann Georg Wille or his son, Pierre-Alexandre Wille.[2]

In 1788 she received a 'Prix d'Encouragement.' From Biography of Constance Marie Charpentier ZEFY