Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature) ca. 1890–95 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French In a grove overlooking the Seine River, people paint ceramics and excavate architectural fragments while art students look on at the right. This tribute to creative endeavor is a small-scale copy of the central panel of a triptych that Puvis painted for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. His comrade, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, praised the "sweet serenity" of scenes like this one, "sublime landscapes in which sacred nature nurtures a loving, wise, dignified, and pure humanity.". Inter artes et naturam
Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature) ca. 1890–95 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French In a grove overlooking the Seine River, people paint ceramics and excavate architectural fragments while art students look on at the right. This tribute to creative endeavor is a small-scale copy of the central panel of a triptych that Puvis painted for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. His comrade, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, praised the "sweet serenity" of scenes like this one, "sublime landscapes in which sacred nature nurtures a loving, wise, dignified, and pure humanity.". Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature). Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824–1898 Paris). ca. 1890–95. Oil on canvas. Paintings
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