100 Great Artists

1824

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1861

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1871

1876

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1897

1898

PIERRE-CECILE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

B<rn in Lyon, "'"'

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SlUdi" in Par"

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inf/umad by

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r<j«ud for "" .. , 7

pan

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War di1llllud to

mat. pair

Hirtory /",inting

CiH",",'m'''MJ for

Man.illu

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,""." ball

Exbibirr Sum",er

,,' SakJII,

pUrrb"",d by S1""

Co,","iIJiOnM to

paint LifcofS,

Gene,il:,,: in

Paru Pantbion

imlra'" Pari,

SorixJ"rI<

fNt:ara," Pari,

City Hall

Pain" ,""raJ, for

PuNic library,

8""(6/, USA

Marri" Pri1ltm

Cantac""m,

Dj" in Pari,

The Poor Fisherm:.on (1879)

Submi,ud '" ,b, Salon if 188 I, ,bi"",,/ painring c"",,d ron!rot'''')''

PIK wm, judgn, Ib, jlam", of ,"I" mad, i, diNT" '" droJra';'-" ",rbn

tban 'fim ~ art. Sill" Ibm, tbi, "''"/''''ition _ n'OC/lfw. if ,11< Holy

P",m'ly _ bad",.,"< un, of Pm-i, ,"ort nlduring ,mag<>

P

icm:-Ctcilc PUlis de Ch.,'annes ",IS the

Icading muralpaintrt of his timc. II<:

" .... eH,n admired br the rounge,

generation, whieh included V"n G o g h,

G~uguin and Seur"" H well as the I)(l<~

Gauticr. Although a contcmpo,a'r of the

Impre~ionists, I'tn'is' pracri"" ,emaincd """"I

in thc Italian frescocs hc had encountc,ed 00

his Ira"d. as a J'oung man. Picro dclL:.

Fr.~'. wori in A",w, had inspi,,,II'tn'is

to he""mc an a"i,t himsdf.

Yet his nat, shadowle;s, dec<"ati,'c st)'le

a"",,,,d cstablishment ho"ilitr~" manr J'c:lrS.

The establishment ",,,,,<,1 not to app,ccia'" his

,ctrten"" n) fresco p,inting _ I'm'is "",d oil on

Cam'aS for his murals. rathe, than appl)'ing

pig]))<"tlt <~t<"dr to pl,,-,,e, _ and "",,,,,,d him of

not kno",ing ho,,' t() paint 0' dra,,·. I lis ",ork

inc0'l~"at,,1 a strong lincar dcment: his

palette, howcnT, always ",maincd p,le and

su];Jued. U"I"'pula, th''''gh it was in academic

circles, his technique exert,,1 a 'trong intluen""

ul"'" Gauguin .nd imp"ct<,1 on the

de",lopment of thc Nahis, a symboliSt gnlUp

1<,1 br D< .... is, IInnna,d and \'uilla,d.

I'tn'is' ~lrtuncs switch,,1 dram:lticallr in the

li« twentr J'c",' of his lill::, ",hen a far.sight,,1

Di,cctor of Fine A,tS ,kcided to conll"ission

the monumental S, Gmn'.,,, ",rics in thc Pa,is

Pantheon. In 1895 Pmis found him",lf the

guest of honour at a grand b'nquet presided

O,'<T I".· R,.lin: and the J'e ... aftrt his dc:lth, the

Salon mount,,1 a ,uc""ssful 'L~"'s pecti,'c of

hiswori.

Young G irls by the Se" (/879)

Put';' conjur" up /lJI at,"0'fJh"" </ "'"",,

antiquity in ,::bich tb, girh ''''" ro"",n,J in

""",,I ",ai<, h<auty and fair ,,",,,,b.,.