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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Pro patria ludus

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Pro patria ludus

Sale Date: July 24, 2010

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Femme vue de dos et de deux enfants (study for...

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Femme vue de dos et de deux enfants (study for...

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Biblische Szene (study?)

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Biblische Szene (study?)

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Portrait de femme de profil

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Portrait de femme de profil

Sale Date: June 23, 2010

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Jeune fille à la fontaine ou la source...

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Jeune fille à la fontaine ou la source...

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Les Glaneuses ou Ruth et Booz ou Été, 1854

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Les Glaneuses ou Ruth et Booz ou Été, 1854

Sale Date: June 11, 2010

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Le retour de chasse ou Esaü rentrant de la..., 1854

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Le retour de chasse ou Esaü rentrant de la..., 1854

Sale Date: June 11, 2010

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Portrait de son filleul

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Portrait de son filleul

Sale Date: April 21, 2010

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Le pauve pecheur (from L'album d'estampes..., 1897

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Le pauve pecheur (from L'album d'estampes..., 1897

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Drame, 1896

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Drame, 1896

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Normandie, 1893

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Normandie, 1893

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Etude pour Le travail (study)

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Etude pour Le travail (study)

Sale Date: March 24, 2010

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Etude pour La toilette (study)

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Etude pour La toilette (study)

Sale Date: March 24, 2010

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Jeune homme nu (study)

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Jeune homme nu (study)

Sale Date: March 24, 2010

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La partie droite du décor de la Sorbonne :...

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La partie droite du décor de la Sorbonne :...

Sale Date: December 11, 2009

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Les Muses inspiratrices acclament le Génie,..., 1985

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Les Muses inspiratrices acclament le Génie,..., 1985

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Studie zu einer sitzenden männlichen Gestalt

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Studie zu einer sitzenden männlichen Gestalt

Sale Date: November 21, 2009

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Le sculpteur (study)

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Le sculpteur (study)

Sale Date: September 18, 2009

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La normandie (+ Tête de jeune fille, smllr;..., 1893

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La normandie (+ Tête de jeune fille, smllr;..., 1893

Sale Date: June 4, 2009

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Centenaire de la Lithographie - Galerie Rapp -...

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Centenaire de la Lithographie - Galerie Rapp -...

Sale Date: April 15, 2009

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Etude pour Le retour de chasse d'Esaü, 1866

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Etude pour Le retour de chasse d'Esaü, 1866

Sale Date: March 25, 2009

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Jeune noir au sabre, 1850

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Jeune noir au sabre, 1850

Sale Date: December 15, 2008

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Le modèle à la chevelure rousse

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Le modèle à la chevelure rousse

Sale Date: December 12, 2008

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La méditation poétique ou portrait de Lamartine

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La méditation poétique ou portrait de Lamartine

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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