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Chardin

American  
[shar-dan] / ʃarˈdɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste Siméon 1699–1779, French painter.

  2. Pierre Teilhard de Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.


Chardin British  
/ ʃardɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Jean-Baptiste Siméon (ʒɑ̃batist simeɔ̃). 1699–1779, French still-life and genre painter, noted for his subtle use of scumbled colour

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For example, in 2012 Chardin and a colleague hypothesized that the universe might contain equal amounts of matter and antimatter, with the latter subject to antigravity.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

In March, the Casa dei Tre Oci, a museum in Venice, will open another major exhibition of her work, curated by Ms. Chardin.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

This approach linked him to past Americans like Thomas Eakins and John James Audubon and to Europeans he admired like Jean-Siméon Chardin and Giorgio Morandi, whose images were also held together by the strictest geometry.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2021

The 1970s saw the arrival of major examples by Chardin, Veronese and Frans Hals, plus the spectacular La Tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2020

Chardin has carefully thought out every aspect of his arrangement.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson