Fernand Pelez

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Ferdinand Emmanuel Pelez de Cordova (January 18, 1843 – 1913) was a French painter of Spanish origin who worked in Paris. Generally known as Fernand Pelez, Pelez portrayed social issues in a realistic style. 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 221 cm by 625 cm, the latter work is now in the Petit Palais, 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'Humanite! at the Salon of 1896, Pelez became something of a recluse, refusing to exhibit or sell his work.

Reference: Robert Rosenblum, In Art The Ape Of Nature, Abrams Inc., NY 1981.

Ferdinand Emmanuel Peel De Cordova, known as Fernand Pelez was born 18/01/1848 in Paris. reference: french version of wikipedia