CHARLET CHARLET, FRANZ, born at Brussels ; contemporary. Genre painter, pupil of Gerome, J. Lefebvre, and Portaels. Medal, Charles V at Muhlberg, Titian, Madrid Museum. 3d class, 1885. Works: Winter Morning (1882) ; Mowers (1883) ; Passing Funeral, Preparations for Market (1884) ; The Spin- nersMorocco (1885). CHARLET, NICOLAS TOUSSAINT, born in Paris, Oct. 20, 1792, died there, Oct. 29, 1845. French school ; genre and bat- tle painter, pupil of Gros. Supported him- self, while with Gros, by giving lessons in drawing. Was inti- mate with Gericault, with whom he visited England in 1836. His lithographs number nearly 2,000. Works : The Cure's Visit ; The Antiquary ; Grand- papa's Feast ; Burlesque Concert ; The Im- provisatore ; Episode in Russian Campaign (183G), Lyons Museum ; Crossing the Rhine at Kehl (1837), Versailles Museum ; Convoy of Wounded Soldiers, Valenciennes Museum.
- Ch. Blanc, Ecole francaise; L'Art (1875),
i. 193, 217; M. de la Combe, Charlet, savie, etc. (Paris, 1856); Meyer, Gesch., 469; La- rousse, iii. 1021. CHARMADAS, Greek painter, date un- known ; one of earliest workers in mono- chrome. 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) ; Fish- ing Party (1883); Evening (1885). CHARPENTIER, LOUIS EUGENE, born in Paris, June 1, 1811. Military and genre painter, pupil of Gerard 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 Aubervil- liers-les-Vertus (1841) ; Robert le Diable (1842) ; Capture of the Great Redoubt at Moskowaand Death of Caulaincourt (1843); Halt of French Army on Great St. Bernard (1844) ; Duke of Orleans in the Trenches (1845), Versailles Gallery ; Sedaine compos- ing an Opera, Beaumarchais teaching the Daughters of Louis XV. (1848) ; Field Guns (1851) ; Pupils of the Ecole Poly technique in the Battle of Paris, March 30, 1814 (Bou- logne-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 Vendeean General Bonchamps (1834); Siege of Toulon, A Soldier's Alms (1866); The 475
