Charles-Édouard Chaise
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Charles-Édouard Chaise was a French neoclassical
painter.
. Charles-Edouard studied under Jean Bonvoisin
in 1775, then under Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, before winning second prize in the 1778 prix de Rome
with David condemning to death the Amalekite bringing him Saul's diadem.
1791, Salon de la Société des Amis des Arts
Salons (of the ex-académie Royale)
1791
1793
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
painter.
Life
His father was a painter, art dealer and member of the Académie de Saint-LucAcadémie de Saint-Luc
The Académie de Saint-Luc was a painters' guild set up in Paris in 1391 by the Provost of Paris, along the lines of the Guilds of Saint Luke in the rest of Europe...
. Charles-Edouard studied under Jean Bonvoisin
Jean Bonvoisin
-Life:His father was an art dealer and his mother was an artist. He studied under Callet then under Gabriel-François Doyen. In 1774 he won second prize in the prix de Rome , then in 1775 he won first prize with Haman confounded by Esther before Ahasuerus, beating Jean-Baptiste Regnault...
in 1775, then under Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, before winning second prize in the 1778 prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
with David condemning to death the Amalekite bringing him Saul's diadem.
Surviving works
- Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Herminie mourniing for Tancred, drawing, 1792.
- Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pelias's daughters demanding that Medea rejuvenate their father, oil on canvas.
- Strasbourg, Musée des Beaux-ArtsMusée des Beaux-Arts de StrasbourgThe Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg is the old masters paintings collection of the city of Strasbourg, located in the Alsace region of France. The museum is housed in the first and second floors of the baroque Palais Rohan since 1898...
, Theseus, defeater of the Minotaur, oil on canvas
Salons
1783, Salon de la Correspondance- XXII, A Vestal offering a sacrifice.
- XXIII, Another [Vestal] who reverses the altar on which the sacred flame burns
- XXIV, The Prodigal Son.
- LIX, A painting representing Hope consoling Love
- LX, A sketch representing Innocence seduced by Love
1791, Salon de la Société des Amis des Arts
- n° 61, Sketch for his painting of Oedipus discovered by Shepherds
- n° 62, Sketch for his painting of the death of Diogenes
- n° 63, Crayon drawing in three colours, historical subject
- n° 95, Prudence sleeping.
Salons (of the ex-académie Royale)
1791
- n° 128, Young woman making an offering to the god Pan
- n° 647, Prudence sleeping.
- n° 724, Shepherds of Arcadia.
- n° 733, Pelias's daughters demanding that Medea rejuvente their father, Musée de Reims.
- n° 764, Festival to Bacchus.
1793
- n° 23, Two young people at a window.
- n° 260, Septimius Severus reproaching his son for having wished to assassinate him.
- n° 266, Young woman at her toilette