Théodore Chassériau

(1819–1856) franska målare

Théodore Chassériau (France, 1819–1856) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Théodore Chassériau belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Théodore Chassériau was born in El Limón and died in Paris. Théodore Chassériau trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Théodore Chassériau studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Wikidata associates Théodore Chassériau with Romanticism and Orientalism. Théodore Chassériau was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour.

The best-known works include ‘Venus of the sea’, ‘The Toilette of Esther’, and ‘Aline Chassériau’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, portrait, and nude. The catalogue has 68 works by Théodore Chassériau with free images. The dated works span the years 1832–1857. Works by Théodore Chassériau are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Heloise Suzanne Colin, Arthur Georg von Ramberg, August von Kreling, Gustave Courbet, and Louis Édouard Dubufe.

• Realism
• The Toilette of Esther
• The Tepidarium
• Venus of the sea
• The Two Sisters
• Aline Chassériau
• The Caliph of Constantine