Modeste Carlier (1820–1878) was a Belgian portrait and subject painter.

Life

Carlier was born at

Quaregnon Quaregnon (; ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 Quaregnon had a total population of 19,006. The total area is 11.08 km2 which gives a population density of 1,716 inhabitants per k ...

near

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in 1820. He was a pupil of

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. The collection of the

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includes his picture ''Locusta Experimenting with Poison on a Slave''. He died in

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in 1878.

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* 1820 births 1878 deaths People from Quaregnon 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub