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Jean-Antoine Constantin
Jean-Antoine Constantin
Photograph courtesy of the Malta Study Center at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, MUŻA, and Heritage Malta. https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3082

Jean-Antoine Constantin

French, 1756 - 1844
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SchoolProvence
BiographyBorn in Marseille, France, in 1756, Jean-Antoine Constantin founded the Provençal school of landscape painting. He attempted to visit Rome to study but had to return due to his declining health. He was also the Director of the School of Drawing in Aix-en-Provence. Constantin was never accepted into the Paris Salon and ended up dying in poverty in 1844.
NationalityFrench
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