Developments in the 19th Century


 




Art Styles in 19th century - Art Map


 




SYMBOLISM

in

FRANCE



 (Between Romanticism and Expressionism)
 




Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(1824-1898)

 



 		  


 

    



 

 
 

b Lyon, 14 Dec 1824; d Paris, 24 Oct 1898.

French painter and draughtsman. He is known primarily for his large decorative schemes depicting figures in landscape. Although he is generally regarded as a precursor of SYMBOLISM, he was independent of any contemporary movement, and his works appealed to academic and avant-garde artists alike.
 




 		  
 
The Childhood of Saint Genevieve.
1879
   
Young Girls at the Seaside.
1879.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
 
   
Tamaris.
1880
 
   
The Poor Fisherman.
1881.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
 
   
A Maid combing a Woman's Hairabout.
1883
 
   
 
The Dream.
1883
Musee du Louvre, Paris		  
 
   
Mad Woman at the Edge
of the Sea.
1887
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
 
   
The Balloon.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
 
   
The Birds.