PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (Lyon, 1824-Paris, 1898). "Young Man Seated, Writing". Black pencil on

PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (Lyon, 1824-Paris, 1898).
"Young Man Seated, Writing".
Black pencil on paper.
With stamp of the Atelier in the lower right area.
Enclosed is a certificate issued by Robert Schmit.
This drawing, which was part of the collection of the Viscount of Carcoradec, was included in the exhibition "Aspects de la Peinture Française, 19ème et 20ème siècles"- Galerie Schmit-Paris (May-July 1978).
Size: 30 x 17 cm; 54 x 41 cm (frame).
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes trained at the Ecole Polytechnique in France and later in Italy. He closely followed the work of Eugène Delacroix and Thomas Couture. He exhibited at the Salon of 1850 and in 1854-1855 he painted frescoes and murals in Amiens and the Pantheon in Paris. He worked in the French capital as a teacher of several Norwegian painters such as Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Helga Marie Ring Reusch, Lisbeth Bergh, Ingerid Dahl, Signe Scheel and Marie Tannæs. In 1890, he was one of the founders of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, of which he later became president. Thanks to his success, Puvis tackled decorations in public buildings in Europe and the United States. His style belongs to the Symbolist trend, as his themes are mainly fantastic and allegorical. The protagonists of his paintings are figures with a timeless appearance, with a certain Mediterranean and even medieval roots.