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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

68 works

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Pale, muted painting of classical figures in a sacred grove beside a lake, with a columned temple and flying figures above.

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

1884-89

Painting of three figures by the sea with a shepherd and goats on a rocky cliff, under a pale blue sky.

The Shepherd's Song

1891

Long horizontal painting of draped allegorical figures gathered in a forest glade with stone ruins at the edges, by Puvis de

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

1889

Pastel-toned mural-style painting of figures in a garden with fruit trees, a stone fountain, arches and a river landscape bey

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

ca. 1890-95

Horizontal painting of nude and draped figures in a rural landscape with a thatched hut, trees, and a pond.

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

ca. 1883-89

Painting of many sleeping figures on a grassy field under a tree and thatched hut, with a moon over the sea.

Sleep

ca. 1867-70

Reclining nude woman with yellow drapery on a grassy dune, bare trees and a dark sea horizon behind her.

Tamaris

ca. 1886-87

Figures rest in a pastoral landscape by a lake, with children, a bearded elder, and rustic tools in the foreground.

Rest

c. 1863

Nude workers chop logs, forge metal at an anvil and tend a fire beside the sea, with a reclining woman and infant at right.

Work

c. 1863

Painting of a hooded Death figure with a scythe in a meadow as young women in flowing dresses dance and gather flowers.

Death and the Maidens

1872

Laurel-crowned man reading a scroll on a rock as draped figures leap into a blue sea beneath cliffs.

Dramatic Poetry (Aeschylus)

1896

Painting of nude bathers beside a calm river with tall trees and a small boat in the distance.

Summer

1891

Pale painting of a winged figure crowning a standing young man with a lyre on a rocky ledge above the sea.

The Poet

1896

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, gathering her long dark hair, against a reddish-brown background with white

Model

1875

Painting of a fisherman standing in a rowboat on a pale shore, with a woman gathering flowers and a child nearby.

The poor fisherman

1881

Three young women by the sea on a sandy shore beside a cliff, one lifting her long hair under a pale pink sky.

Jeunes filles au bord de la mer

1879

Woman in white drapery stands on a sandy dune by the sea under a grey sky, with yellow-flowered shrubs below.

Woman on the Beach

1887

Two women on a flowery hillside by the sea; one combs the long hair of a reclining nude in white drapery.

In the Heather

1896

Painting of a woman in white and green drapery raising a platter beside a kneeling servant, with a red glow in the dark backg

The beheading of John the Baptist. Alternative title(s): La fille d'Hérodiade donnant le signal du supplice de Saint…

1856

Seated bearded man with hands clasped beside a muted landscape with grazing animals and rolling hills.

The Prodigal Son

probably c. 1879

Monochrome sketch of a robed woman raising a torch amid fallen figures, ruined walls and bare trees on snow.

La Croix Rouge

1870

Self-portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and white collar against a dark brown background, painted in 1857.

Autoportrait

1857

Mural study with two ochre arches flanked by grey-blue figures of a standing man and a seated woman in drapery.

Les saisons, esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1892

Sepia oval study of a seated nude man reading a book beside a bookshelf, with drapery on the floor and an ink dedication.

L'Etude

1864

Decorative ceiling sketch with a central allegorical scene of figures and angels by an arcade, framed by medallions.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hommage de la Ville de Paris à Victor Hugo

1894

Painting of nude figures bathing and resting by a river under willows and poplars, with a rowing boat and distant trees.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : l'été

1891

Muted painting of figures gathering firewood and sitting by a fire in a snowy landscape of bare trees at dusk.

L'Hiver, esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

1892

Painting of a haloed girl in white praying in a clearing, with a man, a woman holding a child, and grazing sheep and cattle n

Sainte Geneviève enfant en prière

1877

Portrait d'homme

Painting of a woman in a dark robe raising her arm toward a bird above a snowy Paris riverside with church towers.

Le Pigeon voyageur, allégorie à la défense de Paris (1870-1871)

1871

Woman in a black dress raises an arm toward a balloon above tents and fields at dusk, holding a long sword.

Le Ballon. Allégorie à la défense de Paris (1870-1871)

1870

Seated barefoot man with bare chest and white cloth in a muted field with trees, pigs and a dark pond.

The Prodigal Son

1879