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PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, See also:

PIERRE

PIERRE CECILE (1824-1898) , See also:

French painter, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Lyons on the 14th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1824. His See also:

FATHER

father was a See also:

MINING

mining engineer, the descendant of an old See also:

FAMILY

family of See also:

BURGUNDY

Burgundy. Pierre Puvis was educated at the Lyons See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and at the Lycee See also:

HENRI

Henri IV. in See also:

Paris, and was intended to follow his father's profession when a serious illness interrupted his studies. A See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

Italy opened his mind to fresh ideas, and on his return to See also:

France he announced his intention of becoming a painter, and went to study first under Henri See also:

SCHEFFER, ARY (1795-1858)

Scheffer, and then under See also:

COUTURE, THOMAS (1815-1879)

Couture. On leaving this See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in 1852 he established himself in a studio in the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place See also:

PIGALLE, JEAN BAPTISTE (1714-1785)

Pigalle (which he did not give up till 1897), and there organized a sort of See also:

academy for a See also:

GROUP

group of See also:

FELLOW

fellow students who wished to See also:

WORK

work from the living mode]. Puvis first exhibited in the See also:

SALON

Salon of. 185o a " Pieta," and in the same See also:

YEAR

year he painted " Mademoiselle de Sombreuil Drinking a See also:

Glass of See also:

BLOOD

Blood to See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

Save her Father," and " See also:

JEAN

Jean See also:

Cavalier .by his See also:

MOTHER

Mother's Deathbed," besides an " Ecce Homo," now in the See also:

church of Champagnat (See also:

SAONE

Saone-et-See also:

LOIRE

Loire). In 1852 and in the two follow- See also:

ING

ing years Puvis's pictures were rejected by the Salon, and were sent to a private See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition in the Galeries Bonne Nouvelle. The public laughed at his work as loudly as at that of See also:

COURBET, GUSTAVE (1819-1877)

Courbet, but the See also:

young painter was none the less warmly defended by See also:

THEOPHILE

Theophile See also:

Gautier and See also:

Theodore de See also:

BANVILLE, THEODORE FAULLAIN DE (1823-1891)

Banville. For nine years Puvis was excluded from the Salons. In 1857 he had painted " Martyrdom of St See also:

Sebastian," " Meditation," " See also:

VILLAGE

Village Firemen," " Julie," " Herodias," and " See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Camilla " See also:

COLOSSAL

colossal monolith, See also:

PART

part of some See also:

ancient See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, to add it to other architectural pieces; then the busy See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a pottery; and finally artists See also:

PAINTING

painting in the open See also:

air. Puvis, as a See also:

RULE

rule, adhered to the presentment of the nude or of the lightest drapery; here, however, in response to some See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical remarks, he has clad his figures exclusively in See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

After prolonged negotiations, begun so See also:

early as in 1891, with the trustees of the See also:

Boston Library, U.S.A., Puvis de Chavannes accepted a See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to paint nine large panels for that See also:

BUILDING

building, to he inserted in See also:

SEPARATE

separate compartments, three facing the See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, three to the right and three to the See also:

LEFT

left. These pictures, begun in 1895, were finished in 1898. In these See also:

WORKS

works of his latest See also:

period Puvis de Chavannes soars boldly above realistic See also:

VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision. In the figures which See also:

PEOPLE

people the walls with poetic images he endeavours to achieve originality of the embodying forms, and at the same See also:

time a plastic expression of ideas born of a mind whose conceptions See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew ever loftier, while yet the artist would not abandon the severe study of nature. Such works as the See also:

GREAT

great paintings at See also:

AMIENS

Amiens, See also:

ROUEN

Rouen, See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles, the See also:

PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon, the See also:

SORBONNE

Sorbonne, and the Hotel de Ville are among the most important productions of French See also:

ART

art in the 19th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Puvis de Chavannes was See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

NATIONAL

National Society of See also:

FINE

Fine Arts (the New Salon). His See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal pupils and followers are Ary See also:

RENAN, ERNEST (1823-1892)

Renan (d. 1900), Baudouin, J. F. Auburtin and See also:

COTTET, CHARLES (1863– )

Cottet. See A. See also:

Michel, " Exposition de M.

Puvis de Chavannes," See also:

GAZETTE

Gazette See also:

DES

des See also:

BEAUX, CECILIA (1863– )

beaux-arts (i888); See also:

MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius Vachon, Puvis de Chavannes (1900); See also:

BUISSON, FERDINAND (1841– )

Buisson, " Puvis de Chavannes, Souvenirs Intimes," Gazette des eaux-arts (1899). (H.

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