Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
- 1824–1898
- 19th century
- France
- Symbolism
Puvis de Chavannes paints calm, pale, mural-like allegories — flat, muted colour, simplified timeless figures, and a quiet, dreamy stillness that influenced modern art.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) was a painter from France, associated with Symbolism.
A late-19th-century movement of dreams, myth, and inner emotion expressed through suggestive, evocative imagery. Symbolism →
More Symbolism painters: Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Gustave Moreau, Harald Sohlberg.
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