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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Study for Ludus pro patria : A group of figures...

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Study for Ludus pro patria : A group of figures...

Sale Date: July 10, 2014

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Etude de personnages (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Etude de personnages (study)

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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La Source

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

La Source

Sale Date: April 28, 2014

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Femme à buste nu, 1895

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Femme à buste nu, 1895

Sale Date: March 6, 2014

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Composition Sketch

Attributed to Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Composition Sketch

Sale Date: February 25, 2014

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Étude pour le Portrait d'Augustin Aynard (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude pour le Portrait d'Augustin Aynard (study)

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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Mural Study for Fresco of St. Genevieve

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Mural Study for Fresco of St. Genevieve

Sale Date: November 8, 2013

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Liegender weiblicher Akt

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Liegender weiblicher Akt

Sale Date: October 24, 2013

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Études d'apôtre (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Études d'apôtre (study)

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Études d'apôtre (2 recto-verso studies)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Études d'apôtre (2 recto-verso studies)

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Deux personnages

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Deux personnages

Sale Date: June 28, 2013

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The Virgin

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Virgin

Sale Date: June 16, 2013

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Etude de nu (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Etude de nu (study)

Sale Date: June 17, 2013

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Étude pour l’Été (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude pour l’Été (study)

Sale Date: May 16, 2013

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La guerre La paix (2 works), 1861

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

La guerre La paix (2 works), 1861

Sale Date: February 18, 2013

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Seated nude figure and Reclining semi-draped...

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Seated nude figure and Reclining semi-draped...

Sale Date: February 2, 2013

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Study for Antique Vision

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Study for Antique Vision

Sale Date: February 8, 2013

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Nude Lying on his Stomach, 1867

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Nude Lying on his Stomach, 1867

Sale Date: January 29, 2013

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Studio per Pescatore sulla barca

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Studio per Pescatore sulla barca

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Étude de nu (study)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Étude de nu (study)

Sale Date: October 29, 2012

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La Fée aux grèves (Fairy of the Strand or Young...

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

La Fée aux grèves (Fairy of the Strand or Young...

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Trois muses dans un paysage

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Trois muses dans un paysage

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Portrait de femme

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Portrait de femme

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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Scène symboliste

Circle of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Scène symboliste

Sale Date: May 31, 2012

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