Charles-Émile-Callande de Champmartin (1797 in
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
– 1883 in
Paris
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) was a
French painter, noted for his Orientalist works.
Life and career
The son of a couple of freeholders, Jean Callande and Gabrielle Lemonnier, Charles-Émile Callande de Champmartin began exhibiting at the Salon in 1819. He owes his reputation to his many portraits and religious paintings, treated with a brush of romantic sensitivity. He was one of the early painters to travel to the Middle East and produce paintings with Orientalist themes. His is known for his numerous portraits, historical and religious paintings and Orientalist works, all of which were very popular during his lifetime.
He was a friend and pupil of
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...
, of whom he made a portrait (1840), now preserved in Paris at the Musée Carnavalet. A portrait of Eugène Sue is in the Magnin museum in Dijon with three other paintings by the same author. Five paintings are at the Louvre Museum in Paris and four others at the National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon, including a portrait of Marshal Clausel (1835).
[Charles Gabet, ''Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIXe siècle,'' Paris, 1831, p. 129.]
Select list of paintings
* ''Massacre of the Janissaries'', 1827 (now in Rochefort Museum, Munich)
* ''Portrait of Eugene Sue,'' oil on canvas
* ''The Sacrifice of Abraham''
* ''Dog keeping a dead rabbit''
* ''Portrait of lady in flower cap''
* ''Portrait of Juliette Drouet as a woman of Smyrna,'' 1827.
* ''Portrait of Paul-Émile Botta, orientalist,'' 1840, oil on canvas, now in the Louvre
Gallery
File:Champmartin-harem.jpg, ''Harem in Tripoli''
File:Achille-Jacques Fédel (2).JPG, ''Portrait of Jacques Fédel''
File:Maison de Victor Hugo Juliette Drouet Champmartin 27122012.jpg, ''Portrait of Juliette Drouet''
See also
*
List of Orientalist artists
This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
*
Orientalism
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...
References
* This article includes text translated from the French Wikipedia
Further reading
* Flemming Friborg, ''Catalogue French Painting in the 19th Century'' NY, Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1994
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1797 births
1883 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
Orientalist painters
19th-century French male artists