Eduard Charlemont (2 August 1848 – 7 February 1906) was an

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painter.

Early life

Eduard Charlemont was born in

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, capital of the

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, in 1848. His father, Matthias Adolf Charlemont, was also a painter, specializing in painting miniature portraits. His younger brother

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(1850–1939) was an equally famous impressionist painter. At the age of fifteen Charlemont exhibited his works for the first time at the

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, where he studied fine arts. At the same age Eduard Charlemont was also hired by a girls' school to teach drawing.

Career

After graduating from the

, Charlemont traveled to many countries in central Europe and finally settled in Paris, where he lived for the next thirty years. In Paris, several times he won the first prize of the

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, an annual exhibition held by the French Academy of Fine Arts (french: Académie des Beaux-Arts). The most famous work of Charlemont is ''The Guardian of the Seraglio'', widely known as ''The Moorish Chief'', depicting a

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swordsman guarding a

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(part of a typical wealthy Arabic villa, where women stayed when strangers entered the house). In 1899 he won the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle, a

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held in

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. Charlemont was also known for his

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s. He painted three of the murals of the

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n National Theatre in

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and one of the most important

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s in the world) totaling a length of about 55 meters. He died in Vienna in 1906. Today, reproductions of his painting ''The Moorish Chief'' are the best-selling items in the museum store of the

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Paintings

Eduard Charlemont A Drink for the Drummer 1889

*''The Guardian of the Seraglio'' (''The Moorish Chief''), 1878 *''Arranging her Still Life'', 1884 *''At the toilette'' *''The Music Lesson'' *''Hans Makart in his Atelier'' *''Tunisian Artisan'' *''A Drink for the Drummer'', 1889 *''Artist in his Studio'', 1890 *''A Gentleman in an Interior'' *''Wooden Bridge'' *''Scène d'intérieur'' *''La Parisienne'', 1900 *''Cupid sharpening his arrow''

Early life

Career

Paintings

See also

References

Further reading