Biographies: November 2
Painting by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin showing a young person leaning out a window, blowing a soap bubble through a straw, with another child watching in the background.
Featured Biography Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

French painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, whose famous still lifes and domestic scenes were remarkable for their intimate realism, tranquil atmosphere, and luminous quality, was born this day in 1699.