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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Garçon nu tenant une corbeille

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Garçon nu tenant une corbeille

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Portrait d’Alexandre Séon, 1886

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Portrait d’Alexandre Séon, 1886

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Le rêve

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Le rêve

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Etude pour Le Ballon, 1870

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Etude pour Le Ballon, 1870

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Les baigneurs (scène mythologique)

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Les baigneurs (scène mythologique)

Sale Date: November 6, 2020

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Etude pour la Muse assise, 1895

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Etude pour la Muse assise, 1895

Sale Date: October 25, 2020

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Etude pour « Charles Martel, vainqueur des..., 1874

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Etude pour « Charles Martel, vainqueur des..., 1874

Sale Date: October 25, 2020

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Nu dans un paysage

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Nu dans un paysage

Sale Date: July 7, 2020

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Study for a Harvest Scene

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Study for a Harvest Scene

Sale Date: May 21, 2020

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Homme en buste, 1888–1889

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Homme en buste, 1888–1889

Sale Date: May 29, 2020

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Caricature ou portrait charge d'homme à la...

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Caricature ou portrait charge d'homme à la...

Sale Date: May 29, 2020

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Etude d’homme en buste se tenant le genou

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Etude d’homme en buste se tenant le genou

Sale Date: April 27, 2020

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Femme agenouillée la tête tournée vers la gauche

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Femme agenouillée la tête tournée vers la gauche

Sale Date: November 29, 2019

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Femme assise tenant une jarre, reprise du..., 1855

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Femme assise tenant une jarre, reprise du..., 1855

Sale Date: November 29, 2019

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Study for 'Doux Pays'

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Study for 'Doux Pays'

Sale Date: January 28, 2020

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Marie Madeleine dans le désert et reprise d'une...

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Marie Madeleine dans le désert et reprise d'une...

Sale Date: November 15, 2019

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Young Woman, 1885

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Young Woman, 1885

Sale Date: July 21, 2019

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Étude de femmes ou La rivière, Ave Picardia, 1865

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Étude de femmes ou La rivière, Ave Picardia, 1865

Sale Date: June 26, 2019

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Portrait d'homme de profil

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Portrait d'homme de profil

Sale Date: March 27, 2019

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SKETCH FOR SUMMER : THE BATH

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SKETCH FOR SUMMER : THE BATH

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Femme allongée vêtue à l'antique

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Femme allongée vêtue à l'antique

Sale Date: March 12, 2019

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Etude pour 'La soeur ainée, 1862

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Etude pour 'La soeur ainée, 1862

Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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Portrait de Louis de Vaugelas enfant

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Portrait de Louis de Vaugelas enfant

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Buste de Femme, les mains jointes dens un geste...

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Buste de Femme, les mains jointes dens un geste...

Sale Date: September 20, 2018

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