Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Chardin paints humble still lifes and quiet domestic moments with grave dignity and soft, granular paint. Look for modest kitchen objects, muted warm tones, and a tender, unhurried stillness.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) was a painter from France, associated with Rococo.

An ornate 18th-century style of pastel colour, feathery brushwork, and playful, sensual lightness. Rococo →

More Rococo painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough.

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