Benjamin-Constant

[ ban-zha-man-kawn-stahn ]

noun

1. Jean Jo·seph [zhah, n, zhaw-, zef]. Constant, Jean Joseph Benjamin.

Example Sentences

“Emperor Justinian,” created by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant in 1886, is a towering 13.3- by 22-foot oil on canvas piece depicting the Byzantine Emperor atop his throne in the company of his consuls.

From Washington Times

This exhibition offers visitors a glimpse of a wide swath of Benjamin-Constant’s work.

From New York Times

It also offers subtle critiques, like new pieces by the contemporary female artists Yasmina Bouziane, Lalla Essaydi and Majida Khattari, who were commissioned to respond to Benjamin-Constant’s oeuvre.

From New York Times

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, France, are collaborating on a retrospective for the Parisian muralist and portraitist Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, who depicted his own Moroccan artifacts in his works.

From New York Times

It seems Benjamin-Constant is painting it—and I thought the others would never come.

From Project Gutenberg