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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
1824–1898 · French
- Born
- 1824 · Lyon
- Died
- 1898 · Paris
62 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter known for his mural painting, who became known as "the painter for France." He co-founded and served as president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, influencing artists like Robert Genin.
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pyvi də ʃavan]; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) 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".
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Registered works
62
In museum collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Selected from 62 works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in the Collect24 Registry.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Study for the Mother in The Fisherman's Family, c. 1875
black and white chalk with stumping, squared in black chalk
46.6 × 32.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-193503
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Summer, 1891
oil on fabric
149.6 × 232.4 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-109057
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Cider, ca. 1864
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
129.5 × 252.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-465745
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
At the Fountain, 1869
oil paint
181.6 × 120 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452866
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Homer: Epic Poetry (reduction of a mural in Boston Public Library), 1895
oil paint
124.5 × 63.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452867
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Christian Inspiration, 1883–86
Pastel over watercolor, gouache, on cream-colored paper
47.3 × 59.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-520047
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Figures Unloading Cargo from Sailing Vessels, 19th century
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, on beige paper.
27.9 × 16.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-534051
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens, ca. 1861
Black chalk touched with white and red chalk
42.9 × 31.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-515844
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
A Maid combing a Woman, 1883
32.5 × 24 cm
National Gallery
C24-354308
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Female Nude, 1891
black chalk
37.3 × 21.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-222950
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Sleep: sketch for the painting, now in the museum at Lille, 1840–98
Pen and brown ink on tracing paper
24.9 × 34.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-583617
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Bathers, ca. 1864
Watercolor over graphite
18.2 × 17.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-558122
Museums and collections
Where works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes are registered
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
17 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
17 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
11 works
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
4 works
- Finnish National Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
3 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
3 works
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
2 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
2 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
2 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
1 work
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