Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 1756 - 9 January 1844) was a French painter.

Biography

Born in the vicinity of the Loubière, in Marseille, Jean-Antoine Constantin studied at the Academy of Painting in Marseille under the tutelage of Jean-Joseph Kappeler, David de Marseille, and Jean-Baptiste Giry. Although born and bred in Marseille, he spent his whole professional life as a painter in Aix-en-Provence.''La Peinture en Provence'', André Alauzen, ed. Jeanne Laffitte, Marseille, 1987, p. 147-8.

Rome, then Aix-en-Provence

In the aftermath of his graduation, he started work in the pottery industry in

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. He then lived in

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for six yearsJean Antoine Constantin, a.k.a. Constantin d’Aix (1756-1844)
under the patronage of Perron, an arts enthusiast from Aix. Later, he moved back to Aix to work as a painter there. He mostly did landscape painting, with

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, Fontaine de Vaucluse, or Marseille as inspirations.

Drawing school in Aix

In 1786, he succeeded

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and became the third principal of the drawing school in Aix, continuing in the post until the

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. In 1807, he moved to Digne to work as a drawing teacher for six years. He returned to Aix in 1813, with the financial support of

François Marius Granet François Marius Granet (17 December 1775 – 21 November 1849) was a French painter. Biography François Marius Granet was born on 17 December 1775 in Aix-en-Provence; his father was a small builder. As a boy his strong desires led his parents ...

, who gave him an allowance of 150 francs. In January 1844, at age 88, he died a poor man.

Influence

Jean-Antoine Constantin is seen as one of the forefathers of Provençal painting.Masters from Aix during Cézanne's lifetime
, exposition 2006. François Marius Granet, Auguste de Forbin, Louis Mathurin Clérian, Émile Loubon are some of the later painters to have sought inspiration from his paintings.

Works

*Paintings: **''La Fontaine de Vaucluse'', (

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). **''Une petite Sainte-Victoire'', (

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). **''Bord de rivière'',

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. **''L’Orage'',

. **''Monastère'',

. *

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drawings: **''Rade de Marseille'',

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. **''Vue de Moustiers'', Louvre. *Feather drawing: **''Lancement d’une montgolfière à Aix'', 1784, (Marseille). *

Ink and wash painting Ink wash painting ( zh, t=水墨畫, s=水墨画, p=shuǐmòhuà; ja, 水墨画, translit=suiboku-ga or ja, 墨絵, translit=sumi-e; ko, 수묵화, translit=sumukhwa) is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses black ink, such as tha ...

: **''Vue de Digne'', Digne. **''Prise du Couvent de la Sainte-Enfance'', Digne. **''Vue de la ville d’Aix'', Louvre. **''Vue de Marseille'', Louvre. **''Bord de rivière'', (Marseille). **''Vue de Salon'', (Marseille). **''Les Ermites'', (Marseille). **''L’Aumône devant l’église'', (Marseille). **''Neuf scènes paysannes ou marines d’Italie'', (Aix-en-Provence). **''Panneau contenant neuf scènes villageoises d’Italie'', (Aix-en-Provence). *

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: **''Paysage et Guerriers'', (Marseille). *

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: **''Vue de Marseille'', ''Paris, Rittner et Goupil'' (c. 1830), Marseille.

References

his article has been translated from the French Wikipedia.

External links

Drawing

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
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