Jean Antoine Constantin

Jean-Antoine Constantin (January 1756 – 9 January 1844), also known as Constantin d’Aix, was a French painter.

Biography Born near Loubières, in Marseille, Jean-Antoine Constantin studied at the Academy of Painting in Marseille under the tutelage of Jean-Joseph Kapeller, David de Marseille, and Jean-Baptiste Giry.

Rome, then Aix-en-Provence In the aftermath of his graduation, Constantin started work in the pottery industry in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. under the patronage of Perron, an arts enthusiast from Aix. Later, he moved back to Aix to work as a painter there. He mostly did landscape painting, with Digne-les-Bains, Fontaine de Vaucluse, or Marseille as inspirations. François Marius Granet, Auguste de Forbin, Louis Mathurin Clérian, Émile Loubon are some of the later painters to have sought inspiration from his paintings.

Works Paintings: La Fontaine de Vaucluse, (Avignon). Une petite Sainte-Victoire, (Aix-en-Provence). Bord de rivière, Marseille. L’Orage, Marseille. Monastère, Marseille. Sepia drawings: Rade de Marseille, Louvre. Vue de Moustiers, Louvre. Feather drawing: Lancement d’une montgolfière à Aix, 1784, (Marseille). Ink and wash painting: Vue de Digne, Digne. Prise du Couvent de la Sainte-Enfance, Digne. Vue de la ville d’Aix, Louvre. Vue de Marseille, Louvre. Bord de rivière, (Marseille). Vue de Salon, (Marseille). Les Ermites, (Marseille). L’Aumône devant l’église, (Marseille). Neuf scènes paysannes ou marines d’Italie, (Aix-en-Provence). Panneau contenant neuf scènes villageoises d’Italie, (Aix-en-Provence). Watercolor painting: Paysage et Guerriers, (Marseille). Lithography: Vue de Marseille, Paris, Rittner et Goupil (c. 1830), Marseille.

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