Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Paintings
The Empress Theodora
Reclining Odalisque
Afternoon Langour
Judith
A Sheet of Studies of Brittany Peasants
Orientalist portrait of a nude lady
Saint John Chrysostom exiled by the Empress Eudoxia
Judith 2
Twilight Hours
The King of Morocco Leaving to Receive a European Ambassador
The Entry of Mahomet II into Constantinople
The Empress Theodora at the Colisseum
The Palace Guard With Two Leopards
Entrance of Mohammed II into Constantinople
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (also known as Benjamin Constant), born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits.
Biography
Benjamin-Constant was born in Paris. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, where he was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel. A journey to Morocco in 1872 strongly influenced his early artistic development and lead him to produce Romantic scenes under the spell of Orientalism. Among his noted works in this vein are Last Rebels, Justice in the Harem (both in the Luxembourg Gallery), Les Chérifas, and Moroccan Prisoners (Bordeaux). His large canvas, The Entrance of Mahomet II into Constantinople (Musée des Augustins Toulouse), received a medal in 1876.
After 1880, he changed his manner, devoting himself to mural decorations and to portraits. Prominent examples include the great plafond in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, entitled Paris Convening the World; his paintings in the New Sorbonne, representing Literature, The Sciences, and the Academy of Paris; and the plafond of the Opéra Comique theatre. He was distinguished as a portrait painter, especially in England, where he was a favorite of the aristocracy. His portrait Mons fils André (Luxembourg) was awarded a medal of honor at the Salon in 1896.
Benjamin-Constant painted Pope Leo XIII, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1901), Lord John Lumley-Savile, and Henri Blowitz (1902). He was made a member of the Institute in 1893, and was a commander of the Legion of Honor. He visited the United States several times, and painted a number of portraits. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York owns a large mural decoration by Benjamin-Constant entitled Justinian in Council.
He also was a writer of repute, contributing a number of studies on contemporary French painters. He died in Paris on 26 May 1902.
Publications
Stranahan, Modern French Painters (New York, 1893)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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