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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(14th Dec, 1824 - 24th Oct, 1898)
L'Espérance
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Stéphane Maréchalle
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
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Symbolism (movement)
ruin
landscape background
nude (female)
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About the artwork
Title:
L'Espérance
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
drap (étoffe)
Dimensions:
700 x 820
Inventory number:
INV20117
Detail:
Vers 1872
Location:
musée d'Orsay
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On the Musée d'Orsay website
About the author(s)
Author:
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Also known as:
Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Cecile Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Cecile Puvis De Chavannes
Pʻu-wei Te Hsia-fan-na
Pierre-Cecile Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis De Chavannes
Born:
14th Dec, 1824
Dead:
24th Oct, 1898
Country:
France
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter best known for his mural painting, who came to be known as 'the painter for France'. He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will".
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