id: 153124
accession number: 1986.131
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Male Nude, 1891. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898). Red chalk and traces of black chalk; sheet: 35.9 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. E. A. Guerber in memory of Louise G. Burroughs 1986.131
title: Male Nude
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creation date: 1891
creation date earliest: 1891
creation date latest: 1891
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. E. A. Guerber in memory of Louise G. Burroughs
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: red chalk and traces of black chalk
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898) - artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born into a bourgeois family. His father intended his son to enroll at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After a prolonged illness, however, Puvis instead entered the Faculté de Droit. He became interested in art during a trip to Italy in 1846, and the following year he began studying with Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). Puvis returned to Italy in 1848 with Louis Bauderon de Vermeron (1809-1870), where he became interested in the art of mural painting. He entered the atelier of Delacroix (q.v.) for only two weeks, and later that of Couture (q.v.) for three months. Yet, Puvis's chief method of study was to work independently after live models. He was accepted in the Salon of 1850, but his submissions from 1852 through 1859 were rejected. In 1854-55 he decorated the dining room at his brother's country house, Le Brouchy, near Cuiseaux. He won a second-class medal at the Salon of 1861 for Concordia (Musée de Picardie, Amiens), which was purchased by the state. Inspired by the frescoes of Pompeii and by Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross in Arezzo, Puvis pursued his interest in mural painting with great success. He received commissions to create works for the Palais des Arts in Lyons, the Pantheon and the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the Boston Public Library, and many others. The artist strove to integrate his mural paintings with the surrounding architecture and to maintain the integrity of the flat wall surface by using broad areas of subdued color. In 1890, together with Meissonier (q.v.) and Rodin (1840-1917), Puvis founded the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, as a more progressive alternative for the regular Salon. Puvis's art had a significant impact on later artists, particularly the symbolists.
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measurements: Sheet: 35.9 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
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description: cream(3) wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower right, in red chalk: P.C. ; [by artist?], upper right, in red chalk: rue Grégoire de Cour / 21 ; lower right, in graphite: Puvis de Chavanne
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review for 1986
opening date: 1987-02-04T05:00:00
Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
title: French Drawings from the Collection
opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00
French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).', 'opening_date': '1994-12-13T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, The Year in Review for 1986 (Feb. 4-Mar. 15, 1987), cma Bulletin 74 (1987), p. 72 no. 175.', 'opening_date': '1987-02-04T00:00:00'}
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