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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — VisualArtsDB

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

b. 1824 — d. 1898

European Paintings Drawings & Prints nineteenth century

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French, 1824-1898

Timeline

Born 1824 — Died 1898

1840s

Reclining Male Nude

Reclining Male Nude

1850s

The River

The River

Cider

Cider

1860s

Study of a Sleeping Woman

Study of a Sleeping Woman

Sleep

Sleep

1870s

Summer

Summer

Fisherman's Family

Fisherman's Family

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Fisherman's Family

Fisherman's Family

+1

1880s

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

+4

1890s

The Shepherd's Song

The Shepherd's Song

La Fortune [Fortune]

La Fortune [Fortune]

In the Heather

In the Heather

Hope (L'espérance) from L'Estampe Moderne, Number 12

Works

22 artworks

Reclining Male Nude

Reclining Male Nude

, 1844

The River

The River

, 1859

Cider

Cider

, 1859

Study of a Sleeping Woman

Study of a Sleeping Woman

, 1862

Sleep

Sleep

, 1867

Summer

Summer

, 1873

Fisherman's Family

Fisherman's Family

, 1878

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

, 1878

Fisherman's Family

Fisherman's Family

, 1878

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

, 1878

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

, 1883

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

, 1884

Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

, 1885

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

, 1885

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

, 1885

Tamaris

Tamaris

, 1886

The Fisherman's Family

The Fisherman's Family

, 1887

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

, 1889

The Shepherd's Song

The Shepherd's Song

, 1891

La Fortune [Fortune]

La Fortune [Fortune]

, 1895

In the Heather

In the Heather

, 1896

Hope (L'espérance) from L'Estampe Moderne, Number 12

, 1898