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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
1824–1898
(b Lyons, 14 Dec. 1824; d Paris, 24 Oct. 1898). The foremost French mural painter of the second half of the 19th century. He decorated many public buildings in France (for example, the Panthéon, the Sorbonne, and the Hôtel de Ville, all in Paris) and also Boston Public Library (Abbey and Sargent did murals here too).
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)
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