Para-Impressionism:

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1824 – 1898

a related artist with symbolist and neo-classical tendencies

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1867, Peace, 109x149, Philadelphia MA (iR6;iR1;R231=iR19;M28) =EU-1867-526-2, La Paix (3rd class medal). Compare: S1861-2621, Concordia (Peinture murale) — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1867, Peace, 109×149, Philadelphia MA (iR6;iR1;R231=iR19;M28) =EU-1867-526-2, La Paix (3rd class medal). Compare: S1861-2621, Concordia (Peinture murale)

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1867, War, 110x149, Philadelphia MA (iR6;R231=iR19;M28) =EU-1867-526-1, La Guerre. Compare: S1861-2622, Bellum (Peinture murale). — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1867, War, 110×149, Philadelphia MA (iR6;R231=iR19;M28) =EU-1867-526-1, La Guerre. Compare: S1861-2622, Bellum (Peinture murale).

General info:
Puvis de Chavannes had several connections with ‘impressionists’.
A source from 1894 claims he was born 1825/12/14. Came from a nobel family.
Pupil of Henry Scheffer and Thomas Couture.
He was an important forerunner of Symbolism.
Made many large decorative paintings also for homes and public buildings.
Exhibited regularly at the Salon, he received a 2nd class medal (Histoire) in 1861, a medal in 1864, a medal of honour in 1882.
At the Exposition Universelle in 1867 he showed 4 reduced versions of (mural) paintings he had exhibited earlier at the Salons of 1861-64; he received a 3rd class medal for his works as a whole. At the Exposition Universelle of 1889 five works of Puvis de Chavannes were exhibited, in 1900 (at the Centennal) 4 works.
There were solo exhibitions held at Durand-Ruel in 1887 + 94.
In 1890 he was co-founder of the Sociéte National des Beaux-Arts. (R298,p168).
He was appointed in the Légion d’Honneur as Chevalier (1867), as Officier (1877).
Sources: 1894 catalogue (iR19); R217;R231/iR40/iR19. More info and paintings on WikiPedia (iR3) and WikiMedia (iR6).

Pictures:

Marcellin Desboutin: 1876, B103=CJ202, Puvis de Chavannes (d), etch ps, 16x12, Cleveland MA (iR6;iR11;iR17;iR1;aR10,no125;R158,no202;R85XIII,no103;466,no116;R465,no19;M27) =!? S1877-4392-1, Portrait de M. Puvis de Chavannes, gravure à la pointe sèche — Marcellin Desboutin: 1876, B103=CJ202, Puvis de Chavannes (d), etch ps, 16×12, Cleveland MA (iR6;iR11;iR17;iR1;aR10,no125;R158,no202;R85XIII,no103;466,no116;R465,no19;M27) =!? S1877-4392-1, Portrait de M. Puvis de Chavannes, gravure à la pointe sèche

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1864, Autumn, 285x228, MBA Lyon (M217;iR1;R231/iR40) =S1864-1590, L’automne (medal) =EU-C-1889-557 — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1864, Autumn, 285×228, MBA Lyon (M217;iR1;R231/iR40) =S1864-1590, L’automne (medal) =EU-C-1889-557

Puvis de Chavannes, 1869-72, The White Rocks, 60x73, private (iR2;iR245). Rouart collection (R45). — Puvis de Chavannes, 1869-72, The White Rocks, 60×73, private (iR2;iR245). Rouart collection (R45).

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1872, Hope, 103x130, WAM Baltimore (iR6;iR1;M24) =S1872-1282, L’Espérance — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1872, Hope, 103×130, WAM Baltimore (iR6;iR1;M24) =S1872-1282, L’Espérance

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1881, The poor fisherman, 156x193, Orsay (iR6;iR23;iR1;R298,no173;R470,p55;M1) Ecpos: SdAF-1881-1944, Le pauvre pêcheur; =? SdAF-1883-591; DR1887-8. — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1881, The poor fisherman, 156×193, Orsay (iR6;iR23;iR1;R298,no173;R470,p55;M1) Ecpos: SdAF-1881-1944, Le pauvre pêcheur; =? SdAF-1883-591; DR1887-8.

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1883, La toilette, 75x63, Orsay (iR6;R231=iR40;iR23) =Exposition Nationale 1883-589 = EU-C-1900-536, La Toilette (à M. Haviland) — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1883, La toilette, 75×63, Orsay (iR6;R231=iR40;iR23) =Exposition Nationale 1883-589 = EU-C-1900-536, La Toilette (à M. Haviland)

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1887, The family of the fisherman, 83x72, AI Chicago (M20;iR10;iR94;iR6;R231=iR40;iR1;iR23) =DR-1899-11 Compare: S1875-1689, Famille de pêcheurs =EU-C-1900-537, La famille de pêcheur (à M. Durand-Ruel) — Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1887, The family of the fisherman, 83×72, AI Chicago (M20;iR10;iR94;iR6;R231=iR40;iR1;iR23) =DR-1899-11 Compare: S1875-1689, Famille de pêcheurs =EU-C-1900-537, La famille de pêcheur (à M. Durand-Ruel)

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