TOWARD MODERN ART - FROM PUVIS DE CHAVANNES TO MAT

The author of monumental mural decorations in such civic buildings as the museums of Amiens, Lyons, Rouen, the Panthéon and the Sorbonne, Puvis de Chavannes had a remarkable influence on his contemporaries in France and abroad, including Seurat, Gauguin and Cézanne, as well as on later generations of artists. Equally indebted to de Chavannes are the great European symbolist painters, from Munch to Hodler. However, perhaps his most prestigious modern acolytes were Picasso and Matisse, who remained loyal to him all their lives. This volume features detailed scholarly contributions analysing Puvis de Chavannes’s work and all his affiliations, as well as offering rich critical and documentary data on his many notable disciples. Accompanied by over five hundred illustrations,this volume is a superb evocation of a period of great artistic ferment and outstanding creativity.