Charles Eschard (1748 - 1810) was a French painter, draftsman and engraver. Eschard began his art training at the Rouen Academy of Arts directed by

Jean-Baptiste Descamps Jean-Baptiste Descamps (; 28 August 1714, Dunkerque – 30 June 1791, Rouen) was a French writer on art and artists, and painter of village scenes. He later founded an academy of art and his son later became a museum curator. Biography Descamps ...

. He then went to spend a few years in

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...

, where he studied the masterpieces of Flemish masters. Charles Eschard - Vue de Marseille

Back in France, he exhibited at

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''View of Marseille: Joust and party on the water'', and ''A view of the port of Harlem''. In 1798 he again exhibited ''A view of

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'' and ''A view of Holland around

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''. Another picture of the same kind, ''A view of the channel extending around Holland'', was given by the author to the Museum of Rouen. It was approved by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1783. Charles Eschard, who according to some experts used soft brushstrokes and pleasant colors, also engraved etchings of a number of highly sought after subjects. His key prints were ''The Shepherds'', ''The Beggars'', and ''The Fisherman''.

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, ''Biographie rouennaise'', Rouen, Le Brument, 1865 * Françoise Debaisieux Charles Eschard, Caen v. 1748 -? v. 1815 designer painter and engraver: Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, August 1 - October 25, 1984, Museum of Fine Arts, Caen, 1984 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters French draughtsmen French engravers 1748 births 1810 deaths Artists from Caen Painters from Normandy 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-engraver-stub