Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
French, 1824–1898
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French Realism painter. 70 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born in Lyon.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation:; 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". 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. 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".
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