Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Artist

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter, who became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists. Though his reputation has since declined, he was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as 'an art made of reason, passion, and will.'

Personal facts

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Birth dateDecember 14, 1824
Birth place
Rhône (department) , France , Lyon
Nationality
French people
Date of deathOctober 24, 1898
Place of death
Paris , France

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Artist

Field of work
Drawing
Painting
Influenced
Movement
Symbolism (arts)
training at
Eugène Delacroix
Thomas Couture

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/puvis.html
  2. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/gallery/puvis_de_chavannes_pierre.html