CHARLET, FRANZ, born at Brussels; contemporary. Genre painter, pupil of Gérôme, J. Lefebvre, and Portaels. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: Winter Morning (1882); Mowers (1883); Passing Funeral, Preparations for Market (1884); The Spinners—Morocco (1885).
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Charles V. at Muhlberg, Titian, Madrid Museum.
CHARLET, NICOLAS TOUSSAINT,
born in Paris, Oct. 20,
1792, died there, Oct.
29, 1845. French
school; genre and battle
painter, pupil of
Gros. Supported himself,
while with Gros,
by giving lessons in
drawing. Was intimate
with Géricault,
with whom he visited England in 1836. His
lithographs number nearly 2,000. Works:
The Curé's Visit; The Antiquary; Grand-*papa's
Feast; Burlesque Concert; The Improvisatore;
Episode in Russian Campaign
(1836), Lyons Museum; Crossing the Rhine
at Kehl (1837), Versailles Museum; Convoy
of Wounded Soldiers, Valenciennes Museum.—Ch.
Blanc, École française; L'Art (1875),
i. 193, 217; M. de la Combe, Charlet, sa vie,
etc. (Paris, 1856); Meyer, Gesch., 469; Larousse,
iii. 1021.
CHARMADAS, Greek painter, date unknown;
one of earliest workers in monochrome.
Pliny, xxxv. 34 [55]; Brunn, ii. 4.
CHARMANTIDES (Carmanides), painter,
third class; pupil of Euphranor, Theban-Attic
school, 370-336 B.C. Pliny, xxxv. 40
[146]; Brunn, ii. 164.
CHARNAY, ARMAND, born at Charlieu,
Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter,
pupil of Feyen-Perrin and Pils. Studio at
Marlotte (Seine-et-Marne). Medal, 3d class,
1876. Works: Abandoned Lime Kiln
(1868); All Souls' Day, Beach at Yport,
Arrival of Fishing Boats at Yport, Hour for
Riding, Back Yard of Castle of Gastellier
near Charlieu (1874); Casting the Net (1876);
Butcher's Shop, October (1879); At the End
of the Park (1880); Autumn Rain (1881);
Street in Carcenague, Market (1882); Fishing
Party (1883); Evening (1885).
CHARPENTIER, LOUIS EUGÈNE, born
in Paris, June 1, 1811. Military and genre
painter, pupil of Gérard and Cogniet; was
for twenty-six years professor of designing
at Versailles. Medals: 3d class, 1841 and
1857. Works: Bivouac of Cuirassiers (1831);
Hunters asking the Way (1837); Break of a
Dutch Dyke (1839); Defence of Aubervilliers-les-Vertus
(1841); Robert le Diable
(1842); Capture of the Great Redoubt at
Moskowa and Death of Caulaincourt (1843);
Halt of French Army on Great St. Bernard
(1844); Duke of Orléans in the Trenches
(1845), Versailles Gallery; Sedaine composing
an Opera, Beaumarchais teaching the
Daughters of Louis XV. (1848); Field Guns
(1851); Pupils of the École Polytechnique
in the Battle of Paris, March 30, 1814 (Boulogne-sur-Mer);
Battle of Tchernaia (1857),
Versailles Museum; Camp of Chalons (St.
Cloud); Imperial Guard at Magenta (1861);
Capture of Bomarsund (1863); Death of the
Vendéean General Bonchamps (1834); Siege
of Toulon, A Soldier's Alms (1866); The
