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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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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