Puvis de Chavannes (French artists of our day)
by Brian Petrie, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Category: Reference

Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98) acquired great fame and the reputation as the foremost mural painter of his generation. Unusually, he also gained the approval and acclaim both of the artistic establishment and the younger generation of artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Seurat. This study presents a