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Benjamin Constant BIOGRAPHY
1845 Paris, France - 1902 Paris, France. Known for: Figure, portrait, allegorical, religious, exotic painting.
BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant). Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many... Read full biography
BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant). Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many American students who chose to be trained in Paris. The painter-teacher was born in Paris on June 10, 1845.... Read full biography
BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant). Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many American students who chose to be trained in Paris. The painter-teacher was born in Paris on June 10, 1845. A visiting professor at the Académie Julian, he taught Theodore Robinson and many others who passed through Julian's doors. Milner (1988, pp. 22-23, 150) describes and illustrates Constant's private... Read full biography
BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant). Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many American students who chose to be trained in Paris. The painter-teacher was born in Paris on June 10, 1845. A visiting professor at the Académie Julian, he taught Theodore Robinson and many others who passed through Julian's doors. Milner (1988, pp. 22-23, 150) describes and illustrates Constant's private studio on the boulevard de Clichy. First he had teamed up with an English student named Rawlins who had organized an informal atelier. William Rothenstein (1931, p. 39) remembered his teacher Constant as a "powerful, brutal painter, with florid... Read full biography
BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant). Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many American students who chose to be trained in Paris. The painter-teacher was born in Paris on June 10, 1845. A visiting professor at the Académie Julian, he taught Theodore Robinson and many others who passed through Julian's doors. Milner (1988, pp. 22-23, 150) describes and illustrates Constant's private studio on the boulevard de Clichy. First he had teamed up with an English student named Rawlins who had organized an informal atelier. William Rothenstein (1931, p. 39) remembered his teacher Constant as a "powerful, brutal painter, with florid taste." Alphaeus Cole called him "a clean-shaven pleasant looking man, very smart in his dress and wearing... Read full biography
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Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, John Joseph Benjamin Constant
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BENJAMIN CONSTANT (Also called Benjamin-Constant)
Benjamin Constant, not to be confused with the author of the romantic novel Adolphe (1767-1830), was one of the influential teachers of many American students who chose to be trained in Paris. The painter-teacher was born in Paris on June 10, 1845. A visiting professor at the Académie Julian, he taught Theodore Robinson and many others who passed through Julian's doors. Milner (1988, pp. 22-23, 150) describes and illustrates Constant's private studio on the boulevard de Clichy. First he had teamed up with an English student named Rawlins who had organized an informal atelier. William Rothenstein (1931, p. 39) remembered his teacher Constant as a "p...But wait, there's more...
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