Beschreibung
A leading Orientalist painter during the Third Republic in France, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant was one of the great colourists of the period. This study includes the research into the life of this little-known artist and shows him at work in his studio and at the Paris Salon, teaching at the Academie Julian and amidst foreign students.
Nathalie Bondil is director and chief curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.