Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin was one of the greatest French painters of the 18th century, and specialised in still lives and genre scenes. He painted game, fish, fruit and crockery with the most exquisite delicacy and incredible veracity. His genre works usually portrayed women and children at home, absorbed in everyday tasks. During the last ten years of his life, a degenerative disease gradually robbed him of his sight. He devoted himself to pastel work, with a series of portraits and self-portraits.
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin was one of the greatest French painters of the 18th century, and specialised in still lives and genre scenes. He painted game, fish, fruit and crockery with the most exquisite delicacy and incredible veracity. His genre works usually portrayed women and children at home, absorbed in everyday tasks. During the last ten years of his life, a degenerative disease gradually robbed him of his sight. He devoted himself to pastel work, with a series of portraits and self-portraits.
