Albert Charpin | |
Birth Name: | Albert Charpin |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1842 |
Birth Place: | Grasse, France |
Death Date: | 1924 |
Death Place: | Asnières-sur-Seine |
Nationality: | French |
Movement: | Barbizon school |
Works: | Troupeau dans la Camargue, Soir d’automne en Sologne, Le soir dans les Alpes Maritimes, Tropeau fayant l’or |
Albert Charpin, born in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes in 1842, died in Asnières-sur-Seine in 1924. He was a naturalist painter associated with the Barbizon school. He painted real objects in a natural setting. A pupil of Charles-François Daubigny, Charpin was a painter of natural landscapes with, typically, a shepherdess and her guardian-dog taking care of animals, cows or sheep. Characteristic of his paintings are the natural poses and serenity of his actors, in a context of early morning light, with cloudy skies. He was a well-known member of the Barbizon School. One of his paintings, "Le Retour à la Ferme", is at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Chambéry in Savoie. His paintings can also found in museums and private collections elsewhere in Europe and in the Americas.