Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

French painter (1845–1902).

Born June 10th, 1845 in Batignolles-Monceau.

Died May 26th, 1902 at 56 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Occupations
biographer, painter, printmaker

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde