Chardin
Americannoun
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Jean Baptiste Siméon 1699–1779, French painter.
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Pierre Teilhard de Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.
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However, Chardin notes that all his theory really requires is antimatter that’s subject to some amount of repulsion, and the result isn’t precise enough to rule that out.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023
And last year, an exquisite Chardin still life, “Basket of Wild Strawberries,” dating from 1761, was sold by the Paris auction house Artcurial for $22.6 million.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
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
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