Chardin
Jean Baptiste Siméon
[zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
Pierre Teilhard de
[pyer te-yar duh] /pyɛr tɛˈyar də/ (Show IPA), Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.
noun
Jean-Baptiste Siméon (ʒɑ̃batist simeɔ̃). 1699–1779, French still-life and genre painter, noted for his subtle use of scumbled colour
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