Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

(French, 1824–1898)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French Symbolist painter known for both his murals and works on canvas. The pale colors and Classical subject matter seen in his seminal work The Sacred Grove (1884), was largely influenced by studying the frescos of both Giotto and Piero della Francesca. “To simplify, that is to release the thought,” he once explained. “The simplest conception proves to be the most beautiful.” Born Pierre-Cécile Puvis on December 14, 1824 in Lyon, France, he studied under Thomas Couture and Eugène Delacroix in Paris, developing a style of simplified shapes and nuanced color. During the 1850s, Puvis befriended Edgar Degas, who shared his interest in melding antiquity with a modern sensibility towards painting. Over the following decades, the artist exhibited at the Salon and developed a number of patrons in both Europe and America. Influencing a generation of younger artists such as Paul Gauguin and Maurice Denis, Puvis’s work was widely acclaimed, appealing to both conservative and avant-garde painters alike. The artist died on October 24, 1898 in Paris, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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Étude pour le pauvre pêcheur

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude pour le pauvre pêcheur

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Le Pauvre pêcheur, 1897

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Le Pauvre pêcheur, 1897

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Study for an allegorical figure: A muse

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Study for an allegorical figure: A muse

Sale Date: April 18, 2007

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Étude d'homme assis

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude d'homme assis

Sale Date: March 22, 2007

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Étude d'homme accoudé

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude d'homme accoudé

Sale Date: March 22, 2007

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Étude pour personnage assis

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude pour personnage assis

Sale Date: November 13, 2006

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Personnage assis lisant

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Personnage assis lisant

Sale Date: November 13, 2006

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Le pauvre pêcheur (pour L'Album d'estampes..., 1897

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Le pauvre pêcheur (pour L'Album d'estampes..., 1897

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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Le pauvre pêcheur

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Le pauvre pêcheur

Sale Date: December 22, 2006

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Stehender männlicher Akt, 1981

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Stehender männlicher Akt, 1981

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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Liebespaar

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Liebespaar

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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Projet d'une fresque en céramique de sarreguemines

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Projet d'une fresque en céramique de sarreguemines

Sale Date: December 4, 2006

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Etude pour La récolte abondante (collab....

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Etude pour La récolte abondante (collab....

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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La Fantaisie

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

La Fantaisie

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Femme assise, la tête posée sur la main droite

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Femme assise, la tête posée sur la main droite

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Normandie (+ 2 others; 3 works, various dates...

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Normandie (+ 2 others; 3 works, various dates...

Sale Date: October 24, 2006

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Pastoral work (+ another, lrgr; 2 works), 1880

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pastoral work (+ another, lrgr; 2 works), 1880

Sale Date: September 13, 2006

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Half-length study of a bearded old man, stripped

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Half-length study of a bearded old man, stripped

Sale Date: July 5, 2006

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L'Aurore, 1890

Circle of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

L'Aurore, 1890

Sale Date: June 14, 2006

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Porträtt av ung kvinna, 1869

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Porträtt av ung kvinna, 1869

Sale Date: May 30, 2006

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Homme debout, 1892

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Homme debout, 1892

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Saint Clément, évêque de Metz, étude pour la...

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Saint Clément, évêque de Metz, étude pour la...

Sale Date: April 5, 2006

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Portrait de femme

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Portrait de femme

Sale Date: March 22, 2006

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A study for The bountiful harvest (in collab....

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

A study for The bountiful harvest (in collab....

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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