Fernand Pelez
Realistic depictions of social misery
Fernand Pelez was a French painter of Spanish origin who worked in Paris. Pelez portrayed social issues in a realistic style. Pelez was born in Paris. His father, Fernand Pelez de Cordova (1820–1899), was a Parisian painter as well, and was one of his teachers. Pelez was a commercial failure in the 1880s, and after the failure of his L'Humanité at the Salon of 1896, Pelez became something of a recluse, refusing to exhibit or sell his work. A major exhibition of his work was mounted in Paris, at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, from 24 September 2009 to 17 January 2010. Among his best known works are The Mouthful of Bread and Grimaces et Misères (also known as Les Saltimbanques (1888)). Consisting of five panels and measuring together 222 cm by 625 cm (87 in by 246¼ in), the latter work is now in the Petit Palais, Paris.
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Master student
- Félix-Joseph Barrias Master
Artworks by this artist (23 total)
- Un martyr. Le Marchand de violettes 1885
- Before the bath, young roman girl
- Sans asile 1883
- Danseuse dans sa loge enfilant un collant 1905 - 1909
- La Vachalcade 1896-1900
- La Bouchée de pain; un vieil homme à béquilles et un jeune homme côte à côte 1904
- Danseuse dans sa loge, assise profil droit 1905 - 1909
- Misery Or little Beggar
- Les Petites Figurantes 1911-1913
- La Bouchée de pain; vieil homme en haillons, de face, tenant un morceau de pain 1904
- La Bouchée de pain; vieil homme coiffé d’un chapeau melon, une besace en bandoulière 1904
- La Bouchée de pain; homme de trois-quarts coiffé d’une casquette, mains dans les poches 1904
- La Bouchée de pain; homme courbé en avant, mains dans les poches 1904
- La Bouchée de pain; vieil homme de profil, coiffé d’un béret, mains dans les poches 1904
- Grimaces et misère – Les Saltimbanques 188
- Les Danseuses 1905-1909
- Archers 1879
- Grimaces Et Misère;Les Saltimbanques 1888
- Un nid de misère 1887
- Death Of The Emperor Commodus 1879