Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

(1824–1898) fransk målare inom symbolismen

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (France, 1824–1898) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born in Lyon and died in Paris. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes trained at Lycée Henri-IV. The teachers included Hendrik Scheffer and Thomas Couture. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes worked in Italy, Paris, Italy, and Paris. Wikidata associates Pierre Puvis de Chavannes with Symbolism. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes became a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Paul Baudoüin, Georges William Thornley, Hans Nikolaj Hansen, and Oscar Matthiesen.

The best-known works include ‘The Poor Fisherman’, ‘Young black boy with a sword’, and ‘Jeunes Filles au bord de la mer’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 95 works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1898. Works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée de Picardie, and Art Institute of Chicago. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, Vilhelm Melbye, Auguste Bonheur, Adolphe Monticelli, and Gustave Boulanger.

• Realism
• The Sweet Landscape
• The Poor Fisherman