

About the Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter best 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. 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".
Puvis de Chavannes' work is seen as symbolist in nature, even though he studied with some of the romanticists, and he is credited with influencing an entire generation of painters and sculptors, particularly the works of the Modernists. One of his protégés was Georges de Feure.
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Femme et enfant (1878-1882)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Femme debout (1868)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Study for the Frieze of Sainte Geneviève (c. 1875)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Homme assis, de profil à gauche (1863-1864)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Tête de femme II
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Pièce d’eau des Suisses à Versailles (1871)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Autoportrait (1857)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)
More Artwork by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (View all 201 Artworks)

Femme et enfant (1878-1882)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Femme debout (1868)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Study for the Frieze of Sainte Geneviève (c. 1875)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Homme assis, de profil à gauche (1863-1864)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

Tête de femme II
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)