Paul Claude-Michel Carpentier, French
“Okay, There. I Painted Timothée Chalamet With His Shirt Off. Now Will You Two Please Beat It?,” 1833
Oil on canvas
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page may have more).
/// This self-portrait of Paul Claude-Michel
Carpentier with his wife, named Adèle,
shows their daughter Clémence,
who’s the object of taunts
for she’s never come out of her shell.
/// Though portrayed here with grace and aplomb,
she is far too attached to her Mom.
When Adèle goes somewhere,
Clémence wails in despair,
and until Mom returns won’t be calm.
/// Odd behaviors her parents permit,
have caused several servants to quit.
One subject of stress is
she wears Adèle’s dresses,
even though they’re too large and don’t fit.
/// Her hair’s beautiful— long, straight and blonde.
It’s a feature of which Paul is fond.
But the child’s in a tizzy.
It’s not jet black and frizzy,
so fur cut from their poodle she donned.
/// From the tint of his mustache, I’d dare
to guess Paul, as a toddler, was fair.
Most blonds darken with age
and he’s now reached the stage
where he’s losing his mousy brown hair.
/// When Clémence is alone, cries are shrill,
and the child becomes physically ill.
Mom can’t “give her the slip,”
they seem joined at the hip.
(And that’s why she’s an only child still.)
/// For Adèle, husband Paul would give thanks;
her inheritance filled many banks.
He quit art in a flash
when they came into cash:
More than two hundred millions of francs!!
(A true story according to internet sources. Would they lie?)