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Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant - Orpheus

Orpheus (1891)

Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant (French, 1845 - 1902)
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Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (also known as Benjamin Constant), born Jean-Joseph Constant, was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits.

Benjamin-Constant was born in Paris. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, where he was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel. A journey to Morocco in 1872 strongly influenced his early artistic development and lead him to produce Romantic scenes under the spell of Orientalism. Among his noted works in this vein are Last Rebels, Justice in the Harem (both in the Luxembourg Gallery), Les Chérifas, and Moroccan Prisoners (Bordeaux). His large canvas, The Entrance of Mahomet II into Constantinople (Musée des Augustins Toulouse), received a medal in 1876.

After 1880, he changed his manner, devoting himself to mural decorations and to portraits. Prominent examples include the great plafond in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, entitled Paris Convening the World; his paintings in the New Sorbonne, representing Literature, The Sciences, and the Academy of Paris; and the plafond of the Opéra Comique theatre. He was distinguished as a portrait painter, especially in England, where he was a favorite of the aristocracy. His portrait Mons fils André (Luxembourg) was awarded a medal of honor at the Salon in 1896.

Benjamin-Constant painted Pope Leo XIII, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1901), Lord John Lumley-Savile, and Henri Blowitz (1902). He was made a member of the institute in 1893, and was a commander of the Legion of Honor. He visited the United States several times, and painted a number of portraits. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibited a large painting by Benjamin-Constant entitled Justinian in Council. The painting was returned by the Metropolitan to the owners family in 1928. It was purchased by John Ringling in 1929 and is currently on exhibit in the Ringling Museum in Sarasota

Benjamin-Constant also taught at Académie Julian; among his pupils was the miniaturist Alice Beckington and the Scottish artist W. S. Shanks. He was a writer of repute, contributing a number of studies on contemporary French painters. Along with fellow artists, Nasreddine Dinet, Paul Leroy, Jean-Léon Gérôme and curator/ art historian, Léonce Bénédite, he was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français.

He died in Paris on 26 May 1902.

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Doge Of Venice

Doge Of Venice (1889)

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Odalisque

Odalisque

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Afternoon Langour

Afternoon Langour

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Judith

Judith

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The Bab el Fahs gate, Tangier

The Bab el Fahs gate, Tangier

Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant (French, 1845 - 1902)
The Serbian Concubine

The Serbian Concubine (1876)

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La Ville de Paris conviant le monde à ses fêtes

La Ville de Paris conviant le monde à ses fêtes (1889)

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Portrait d’Angèle Delasalle

Portrait d’Angèle Delasalle (1900)

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An Afternoon Idyll

An Afternoon Idyll

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Judith

Judith (possibly ca. 1886)

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The Guard

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Odalisque

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La Ville de Paris conviant le monde à ses fêtes

La Ville de Paris conviant le monde à ses fêtes (1892-1895)

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