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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Le pauvre pêcheur, 1897–1897

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Le pauvre pêcheur, 1897–1897

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Compositions

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Compositions

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Vue sur le château de Versailles et..., 1871–1871

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Vue sur le château de Versailles et..., 1871–1871

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Paysage vu au travers d'arcades

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Paysage vu au travers d'arcades

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Femme assise, tête penchée vers la droite

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Femme assise, tête penchée vers la droite

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Tête de femme tournée vers la gauche

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Tête de femme tournée vers la gauche

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Femme regardant sa main

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Femme regardant sa main

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La toilette

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La toilette

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Tête de femme au chapeau

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Tête de femme au chapeau

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Diverses études d'un homme nu

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Diverses études d'un homme nu

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Étude de femme nue tenant un rameau

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Étude de femme nue tenant un rameau

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Femme assise

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Femme assise

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Jeunes filles au bord de la mer ou L'été

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Jeunes filles au bord de la mer ou L'été

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Petits anges décorant des vases et femme debout

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Petits anges décorant des vases et femme debout

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Le ravitaillement de Paris, 1898–1898

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Le ravitaillement de Paris, 1898–1898

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Sainte Solange

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Sainte Solange

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Jeune homme nu, assis en croupe, tenant un bâton

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Jeune homme nu, assis en croupe, tenant un bâton

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Homme nu les bras levés

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Homme nu les bras levés

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Femme nue de dos, avec sa main dans ses cheveux

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Femme nue de dos, avec sa main dans ses cheveux

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Personnages en bord de mer

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Personnages en bord de mer

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Femme à mi-corps, penchée vers la droite

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Femme à mi-corps, penchée vers la droite

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Deux hommes debout discutant

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Deux hommes debout discutant

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Homme drapé, debout

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Homme drapé, debout

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Portrait d'homme, 1869–1869

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Portrait d'homme, 1869–1869

Sale Date: December 10, 2003

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