Constant-Joseph Brochart
Constant-Joseph Brochart (born April 7, 1816 in Lille , † May 7, 1899 in Paris ) was a French genre and portrait painter as well as an art teacher.
He studied at the Art School in Lille and then came to Paris, where he exhibited his works in various salons between 1845 and 1862.
Brochart was appointed professor of drawing at the Madrid Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1867 .
Brochart mainly painted portraits of women, mostly in oval frames, and genre scenes, some of them from the North African milieu. He portrayed a. a. People from the Parisian elite, such as the Swedish singer Christine Nilsson from the Théâtre Lyrique and Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann .
literature
- Hans Vollmer : Brochart, Constant Joseph . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . 3. Edition. Volume 2, Gründ, Paris 1976, p. 322.
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. 4th edition. Volume 2, Gründ, Paris 1999, p. 826.
Web links
Commons : Constant-Joseph Brochart - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Haynes Fine Art Biography
- Constant-Joseph Brochart. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Constant Joseph Brochart at artnet.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brochart, Constant-Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French genre and portrait painter as well as art educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1899 |
| Place of death | Paris |