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| Artist / Maker | Pierre Puvis de Chavannes |
|---|---|
| Date | 1891 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | red chalk and traces of black chalk |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 35.9 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born into a bourgeois family. His father intended his son to enroll at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After a prolonged illness, however, Puvis instead entered the Faculté de Droit. He became interested in art during a trip to Italy in 1846, and the following year he began studying with Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). Puvis returned to Italy in 1848 with Louis Bauderon de Vermeron (1809-1870), where he became interested in the art of mural painting.… Full biography →
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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