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Paul Chenavard

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Paul Chenavard
Etching by Félix Bracquemond

Paul-Marc-Joseph Chenavard (9 December 1808[1] – 1895) was a French painter.

Life

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Entering the École des beaux-arts en 1825, he studied in the studio of Ingres alongside his friend Joseph Guichard, then in the studios of Hersent and Delacroix.

The influence of German philosophy and painting led him to believe that art's aim had to be humanitarian and civilising. He died in Paris in 1895 and was buried in the new Cimetière de Loyasse at Lyon.

Works

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La Palingénésie sociale
or La Philosophie de l'histoire.
Oil painting. 303 x 380 cm.Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

Bibliography

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Notes

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  1. ^ After Joseph C. Sloane, "Paul Chenavard", The Art Bulletin, vol 33, n° 4, December 1951, p. 240–258, which notes p. 241, which notes that some sources have him born in 1807.