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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 253,529 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is the 232nd most popular painter (down from 212th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from France (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 59th 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 232 out of 1,421. Before him are Jan Matejko, Ferdinand Hodler, Luca Giordano, Charles-François Daubigny, Giacomo Balla, and John Everett Millais. After him are Lorenzo Lotto, Judith Leyster, Hubert van Eyck, Georges Rouault, Lucas van Leyden, and František Kupka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 10. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Maria Alexandrovna, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Boudin, and Paul Broca. After him are Marie Duplessis, Wilkie Collins, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Stonewall Jackson, Carl Reinecke, and Dayananda Saraswati. Among people deceased in 1898, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 11. Before him are Gustave Moreau, Charbel Makhlouf, Eugène Boudin, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Ivan Shishkin, and Johann Jakob Balmer. After him are John Newlands, Charles Garnier, Aubrey Beardsley, Félicien Rops, Heungseon Daewongun, and Henry Bessemer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 735 out of 6,011. Before him are Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Rudolph of France (890), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Maurice Blanchot (1907), and Célestin Freinet (1896). After him are François Jacob (1920), Thierry Mugler (1948), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Victor of Aveyron (1793), and Joanna of Bourbon (1338).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ranks 59. Before him are Suzanne Valadon (1865), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Aristide Maillol (1861), Raoul Dufy (1877), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817). After him are Georges Rouault (1871), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Simon Vouet (1590), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jacques Callot (1592), and Balthus (1908).

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