Summer
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
French1824–1898Symbolism
About
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 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".
Notable works
The Allegory of the Sorbonne
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Shepherd's Song
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cider
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The River
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
L'Automne - Les vendanges
at Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Le sommeil
at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
The Pastoral Life of Saint Geneviève
at Norton Simon Museum
Portrait de Mme Puvis de Chavannes, née Princesse Cantacuzène
at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Young black boy with a sword
at Musée d'Orsay
Works in the collection
50 works
Summer
at Cleveland Museum of Art
The Allegory of the Sorbonne
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Shepherd's Song
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cider
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The River
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
L'Automne - Les vendanges
at Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Le sommeil
at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
The Pastoral Life of Saint Geneviève
at Norton Simon Museum
Portrait de Mme Puvis de Chavannes, née Princesse Cantacuzène
at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Young black boy with a sword
at Musée d'Orsay
More by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in institutions
Musée d'Orsay
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
The Phillips Collection
Washington, D.C., United States
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Lille, France
Ohara Museum of Art
Kurashiki, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
1st arrondissement of Lyon, France
Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection
Zurich, Switzerland
Kröller-Müller Museum
Otterlo, Netherlands
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo, Norway
National Museum of Western Art
Ueno-kōen, Japan
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
Nancy, France
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Khamovniki District, Russia
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Altstadt-Nord, Germany
Barnes Foundation
Merion Station, United States
