Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (born 1699)

Jean Siméon Chardin

French painter (1699–1779)

Jean Siméon Chardin 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…