The Poor Fisherman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1881, Musée d’Orsay

‘The Poor Fisherman’ is a work by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (France, 1824–1898). It is dated 1881. It is part of the collection Musée d’Orsay. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 155 × 193 cm. The work belongs to the genre allegory. The things depicted include man, woman, child, and fisher.

The catalogue has 94 more works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism