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Charles Fortin

French painter (1815-1865)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ65237 ↗
Source-derived summary

Charles Fortin (Paris in 1815 – Paris in 1865) was a French genre and landscape painter.

Biography

Fortin, born in Paris in 1815, was the son of Augustin Félix Fortin. He studied under Beaume and Roqueplan, and first exhibited in 1835. He died in Paris in 1865.

Works

Amongst his works are:

The Rag-seller.

The Return to the Cottage.

The Chimney Corner.

The Butcher's Shop.

The Village Barber.

Chouans.

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The public source identifies “Charles Fortin” as french painter (1815-1865). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Charles, Fortin and French.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1815, 1865, 1835—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1815-06-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Charles, Fortin and French providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65237. VIAF identifies the subject as 10117231. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1815, 1865 and 1835.

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This entry incorporates text from “Charles Fortin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.