Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes né à Lyon le 14 décembre 1824 et mort à Paris le 24 octobre 1898 est un peintre français. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter best 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. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as “an art made of reason, passion, and will”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes
