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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Femme adossée à un arbre et diverses études

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Femme adossée à un arbre et diverses études

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Etudes de personnages

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Etudes de personnages

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Homme assis, accoudé sur sa cuisse

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Homme assis, accoudé sur sa cuisse

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Etude de drapé

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Etude de drapé

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Femme assise de face

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Femme assise de face

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Femme à demi nue portant des fleurs et un petit...

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Femme à demi nue portant des fleurs et un petit...

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Etude de drapé

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Etude de drapé

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Robe de femme

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Robe de femme

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Lanceurs de javelots en attente

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Lanceurs de javelots en attente

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Homme nu courbé

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Homme nu courbé

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Doux pays et autres compositions, 1882–1887

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Doux pays et autres compositions, 1882–1887

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L'enfance de Saint Geneviève, 1875–1875

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L'enfance de Saint Geneviève, 1875–1875

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Étude de composition

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Étude de composition

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Tête de femme et le haut de sa robe

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Tête de femme et le haut de sa robe

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Doux pays

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Doux pays

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Doux pays

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Doux pays

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Étude de main

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Étude de main

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Étude de femme en prière

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Étude de femme en prière

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Étude pour l'une des trois vertus théologales:...

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La pitié de Moscou

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La pitié de Moscou

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Femme nue debout vue de côté

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Femme nue debout vue de côté

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Femme nue, le bras posé sur la cuisse

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Femme nue, le bras posé sur la cuisse

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Carton pour le décor du Panthéon

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Carton pour le décor du Panthéon

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Le Christ au lien

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Le Christ au lien

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