Charles Chaplin. Portrait by Celestin Nanteuil
Charles Joshua Chaplin (English Charles Joshua Chaplin, June 8, 1825 - January 30, 1891) - French painter and printmaker. He was born in Les Andelys in France to an English father and a French mother. Although he spent his entire life in France, Chaplin did not become a citizen of that country until 1886. Charles began teaching painting in 1840 at the School of Fine Arts under Michel-Martin Drölling. The main theme of his work is portraits of women and children (he often painted his daughter) in the tradition of the great English portrait painters of the 18th century. But he also painted animals and landscapes. Beginning in 1847, Chaplin was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salons and at the Royal Academy in London.
Many of Chaplin's paintings are considered erotic. For example, the painting "Aurora", which he presented to the jury of the Salon in 1859, was banned as scandalous. Count de Nieuwerkerke himself, in charge of art under Napoleon III, imposed this ban.
Chaplin was a popular and fashionable painter in Paris. During the 1860s, he was the favorite of the Emperor and Empress Eugenia himself. In his studio, he arranged art classes for women only. Among his students were the American artist Mary Cassatt and the English artist Louise Jopling-Abbema.
The Artist's Daughter 1881
Jeune fille a la colombe
Jeune fille a la colombe
Girl with pigeons 1874
Woman in pink
Girl with a bird's nest. 1860. Hermitage
Girl with a nest. 1869
La grande soeur
Lotto game. 1865
Portrait of an Unknown Beauty
Venis with putti
An Elegant Beauty
Ready for a masked ball
A Beauty with a Bouquet
Young woman with basket of flowers
A Song Silenced
Two girls bathing
Portrait of a young woman in profile
Young girl drawing
Girl in a pink dress with a dog
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