Chardin (1909) (14802186353) - Public domain portrait painting

Identifier: chardin00kono (find matches)
Title: Chardin
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Konody, Paul G. (Paul George), 1872-1933
Subjects: Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, 1699-1779
Publisher: London : T. C. & E. C. Jack New York, F. A. Stokes co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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ived, Chardin informed himthat the exhibited pictures were painted byhim, and that the Academy might disposeof those which were approved of. He isnot yet confirmed (agree) and he talksalready of being ■ received (repu)!! How-ever, he added, you have done well to 1 The candidates had to pass through a probationary stage beforethey were definitely received by the Academy. PLATE VII.-LE PANNEAU DE P&CHES(In the Louvre) Le Panneau de Peches, (The Basket of Peaches) is a magnificentinstance of Chardins extraordinary skill in the rendering of texturesand substances. Note the perfect truth of all the colour-values, theplay of light and shade and reflections, such as the opening up ofthe shadow thrown by the tumbler owing to the refractive qualitiesof the wine contained in the glass. Note, also, the accidentalappearance of the carefully grouped objects—the manner in whichthe knife-handle projects from the table. The plate is reproducedfrom the original painting at the Louvre in Paris.
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CHARDIN 61 mention it. He reported the proposal,which was immediately accepted. Theballot resulted in Chardin being at thesame time, confirmed and received.On Sept. 25, 1728, he was sworn in, andbecame a full member of the Academy. Inrecognition of his rare genius, and in con-sideration of his impecunious condition, hisentrance fee was reduced to 100 livres.The Buffet and a Kitchen piece wereaccepted as diploma pictures. In spite of this sudden success, Chardinwas by no means on the road to fortune.His pictures sold slowly and at very lowprices. He always had a very modest opinionof the financial value of his works, and wasever ready to part with them at ridiculouslylow prices, or to offer them as presents tohis friends. The story goes that on oneoccasion, when his friend Le Bas wishedto buy a picture which Chardin was justfinishing, he offered to exchange it for apretty waistcoat. When the kings sisteradmired one of his pastel portraits and 62 CHARDIN asked the price, he immediately