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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1824 - 1898

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pyvi də ʃavan]; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter 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, and he aided medallists by designs and suggestions for their works. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes has received more than 267,034 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is the 265th most popular painter (down from 232nd in 2019), the 860th most popular biography from France (down from 734th in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Painter.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is most famous for his paintings of classical themes, which he created in the late 19th century.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 265 out of 2,023. Before him are August Macke, Henri Fantin-Latour, Antoni Tàpies, Francesco Hayez, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Giorgio Morandi. After him are Rosalba Carriera, Guercino, Jan van Goyen, Alessandro Allori, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Martin Schongauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 11. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Eugène Boudin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Maria Alexandrovna, Paul Broca, and Pierre Janssen. After him are Wilkie Collins, Marie Duplessis, Carl Reinecke, Dayananda Saraswati, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Stonewall Jackson. Among people deceased in 1898, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 13. Before him are Eugène Boudin, Ivan Shishkin, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Jakob Balmer, Charles Garnier, and Ferdinand Cohn. After him are Eleanor Marx, Félicien Rops, Theodor Fontane, John Newlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, and Henry Bessemer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 860 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain-René Lesage (1668), Léon Gambetta (1838), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Georges Picquart (1854), and Françoise Dorléac (1942). After him are Alfred de Vigny (1797), Louis Desaix (1768), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Armand Fallières (1841), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 65. Before him are Simon Vouet (1590), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Jacques Callot (1592), Georges Rouault (1871), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), and Henri Fantin-Latour (1836). After him are Martin Schongauer (1450), Paul Delaroche (1797), Horace Vernet (1789), Albert Marquet (1875), Léon Bonnat (1833), and Thomas Couture (1815).

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