Eduard Charlemont
Appearance
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 2 August 1848
Died | 7 February 1906 Vienna, Austria | (aged 57)
Nationality | Austrian |
Education | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
Movement | Orientalist |
Eduard Charlemont (2 August 1848 – 7 February 1906) was an Austrian painter.
Early life
Eduard Charlemont was born in Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire, in 1848. His father, Matthias Adolf Charlemont, was also a painter, specializing in painting miniature portraits. His younger brother Hugo Charlemont (1850–1939) was an equally famous impressionist painter. At the age of fifteen Charlemont exhibited his works for the first time at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied fine arts. At the same age Eduard Charlemont was also hired by a girls' school to teach drawing.[1]
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The Moorish Chief (originally titled The Guardian of the Seraglio), 1878
Career
After graduating from the
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 Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1]
Paintings
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- The Guardian of the Seraglio (The Moorish Chief), 1878[3]
- 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
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Philadelphia Museum of Art". Philamuseum.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "19th Century German and Austrian Painting". Museum of European Art of Liberec. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Janás, Robert (2016). "Strážce harému nebo Maurský náčelník?". Mezery v historii/Lücken in der Geschichte: 9–13.
Further reading
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- Robert Janás: "Strážce harému nebo Maurský náčelník?", In: Mezery v historii/Lücken in der Geschichte, Cheb 2016, pp. 9–13. ISBN 978-80-87395-30-1
- Jennifer A. Thompson, "The Moorish Chief by Eduard Charlemont (cat. 951)"[permanent dead link] in The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works[permanent dead link], a Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication.