Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
(1845–1902) French painter (1845–1902)
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (France, 1845–1902) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant was born in Batignolles-Monceau and died in 17th arrondissement of Paris. Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jules Garipuy and Jean Francis Auburtin. Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant with Orientalism and academic art. Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officier de l'Instruction publique, and Knight of the Order of Leopold. The students included André Devambez, José Mange, Theodora Krarup, and C.M. Soya-Jensen.
The best-known works include ‘Alfred Chauchard’, ‘André Benjamin-Constant’, ‘Hamlet and the King’, and ‘Doge of Venice’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 66 works by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1903. Works by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant are held by several collections, among them Musée des Augustins, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, and Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne. Wikidata links 7 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Richard Buchta, Louisa Starr-Canziani, Anna Petersen, François-Joseph Luigi Loir, and Antonin Mercié.