Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1824–1898 · France · Symbolism

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (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. Wikipedia

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“The Poor Fisherman”, 1881 — Musée d'Orsay
“Jeunes Filles au bord de la mer”, 1879 — Musée d'Orsay
“The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses”, 1886 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Young black boy with a sword”, 1850 — Musée d'Orsay
“The turtle seller”, 1854 — Musée d'Orsay
“The Sweet Landscape”, 1882 — Musée Bonnat-Helleu
“The Sleep”, 1867 — Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
“Hope”, 1872 — Walters Art Museum
“The Shepherd's Song”, 1891 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Hope”, 1871 — Musée d'Orsay
“Charity”, 1887 — Musée d'Orsay
“Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)”, 1890 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Ludus Pro Patria”, 1883 — Walters Art Museum
“Summer”, 1891 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Sainte Geneviève watching over Paris”, 1898
“Mary Magdalene in the Desert”, 1870 — Städel Museum
“The balloon”, 1870 — Musée d'Orsay
“Grooming”, 1883 — Musée d'Orsay
“Vigilence”, 1866 — Musée d'Orsay
“In the Heather”, 1896 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Cider”, 1864 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The River”, 1864 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“History”, 1866 — Musée d'Orsay
“The pigeon”, 1871 — Musée d'Orsay
“Moorning”, 1866 — Musée d'Orsay
“The dream”, 1883 — Musée d'Orsay
“The Summer”, 1873 — Musée d'Orsay
“Young Girls on the Edge of the Sea”, 1879 — Musée d'Orsay
“A Maid combing a Woman”, 1883 — Hugh Lane Gallery
“Summer”, 1868–1872 — National Gallery
“Death and the Maidens”, 1869 — National Gallery
“Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)”, 1883 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Allegory of the Sorbonne”, 1889 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Tamaris”, 1886 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Woman on the Beach”, 1887 — Hermitage Museum
“The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist”, 1869 — Hugh Lane Gallery
“Inspiration Chretienne”, 1887 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“L' Automne”, 1864 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Recolte des Pommes”, 1890 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“War”, 1867 — Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

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