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Pierre Cecile Puvis De Chavannes

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 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".

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

In the Heather

1896 · Oil on canvas

80.6 × 99.7 cm (31 3/4 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 116.6 × 8 cm (38 3/8 × 45 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La Fortune [Fortune]

1895 · Photolithograph in dark brown on cream Japanese paper

Image: 15.2 × 31 cm (6 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 23.5 cm (15 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Shepherd's Song

1891 · Oil on canvas

41 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (104.5 x 109.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

1889 · Oil on canvas

32 5/8 x 180 1/4 in. (82.9 x 457.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fisherman's Family

1887 · Oil on canvas

82.5 × 71.8 cm (32 1/2 × 28 1/4 in.); Framed: 102.9 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm (40 1/2 × 36 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tamaris

1886 · Oil on canvas

10 x 15 1/2 in. (25.4 x 39.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

1885 · Oil on canvas

15 7/8 x 44 3/4 in. (40.3 x 113.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

1884 · Oil on canvas

93 × 231 cm (36 7/16 × 90 15/16 in.); Framed: 124.5 × 243.8 × 19.1 cm (49 × 96 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fisherman's Family

1878 · Red chalk on ivory wove paper

20.8 × 24.9 cm (8 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

1878 · Oil on canvas

13 1/8 x 52 7/8 in. (33.3 x 134.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Sleeping Woman

1862 · Black Conté crayon, heightened with white pastel, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream card

15 × 23 cm (5 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The River

1859 · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

51 x 99 1/4 in. (129.5 x 252.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cider

1859 · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

51 x 99 1/4 in. (129.5 x 252.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reclining Male Nude

1844 · Charcoal on buff laid paper

24.4 × 32 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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