Pierre Puvis de Chavannes | |
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 Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1880, after a negative by Étienne Carjat | |
| Born | Pierre-Cécile Puvis 14 December 1824 |
| Died | 24 October 1898 (aged 73) Paris, France |
| Education | Eugène Delacroix, Henri Scheffer, Thomas Couture |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Notable work | Death and the Maiden, The Dream, The Poor Fisherman |
| Movement | Symbolism |
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pyvi də ʃavan]; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France".[1] He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin, and he aided medallists by designs and suggestions for their works.[2] Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will".[3]
- ^ Brown Price, A., 2010, V1
- ^ Forrer, L. (1904). "Chavannes, Puvis de". Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. I. London: Spink & Son Ltd. pp. 417–418.
- ^ Shaw, J. L., 'Frenchness, Memory and Abstraction: The Case of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes' in Hargrove, J., & McWilliam, N., eds., 2005, Nationalism and French Visual Culture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, p. 153