Artist

Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier

Portrait of Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier
Portrait of Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier

French, 1787–1877

Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier was a French artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Palace of Versailles. Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier was born in Rouen.

Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier (27 November 1787 in Rouen – 10 May 1877 in Paris) was a French portrait, genre, history painter and author. He studied with Jean-Jacques Lebarbier (1738–1826) and briefly with Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825). Until 1824 he exhibited at the Salons under his family name LeCarpentier, but after 1824 shortened his last name to Carpentier.

In 1825 Carpentier earned a silver and bronze medal respectively at salons in Douai and Lille for his painting A Painter in His Studio Giving Advice to his Young Student. Then he exhibited at the Paris Salons from 1827-1839.

Works by Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier

Collections represented

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