Puvis de Chavannes

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Puvis de Chavannes was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his large-scale, symbolist murals that strongly influenced modern art.

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Puvis de Chavannes canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
muralist
painter
symbolist artist
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1824-12-14
dateOfDeath 1898-10-24
era 19th century
familyName Puvis de Chavannes self-link
fieldOfWork mural painting
painting
fullName Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
genre allegorical painting
historical painting
religious painting
givenName Pierre
influenced Georges Seurat
Henri Matisse
Les Nabis
surface form: Nabis painters

Pablo Picasso
Paul Gauguin
Symbolist movement in art
surface form: Symbolist painters

modern art
influencedBy Eugène Delacroix
Théodore Chassériau
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: Académie des Beaux-Arts
movement Post-Romanticism
surface form: Post-romanticism

Symbolism
nationality French
notableFor large-scale public murals
symbolist allegories
notableWork Ave Picardia Nutrix
Decorations for the Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Decorations for the Panthéon in Paris
Decoration of the Sorbonne, Paris
surface form: Decorations for the Sorbonne, Paris

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses
surface form: Le Bois sacré cher aux arts et aux muses

Le Pauvre Pêcheur
Ludus pro patria
The Poor Fisherman
The Sacred Grove
placeOfBirth France
Lyon
placeOfDeath France
Paris
sexOrGender male
style decorative classicism
flattened, mural-like compositions
workLocation Amiens
Lyon
Paris

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes familyName Puvis de Chavannes
Thomas Couture influenced Puvis de Chavannes
Puvis de Chavannes familyName Puvis de Chavannes self-link