Chavannes

Three artists were involved: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Edwin Austin Abbey decorated the staircase and corridors.

In 1855 M. de Chavannes reared this species in the open air, near Lausanne, in Switzerland.

Puvis de Chavannes was endowed with a valiant and a tenacious spirit.

It marks the dbut of Puvis de Chavannes in his career as an artist.

From that moment, Puvis de Chavannes began to command attention.

For years Delacroix and Puvis de Chavannes, so different in their genius, were hooted and rejected by the juries.