Fernand Pelez

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Fernand Pelez (Paris, January 18, 1843 – August 7, 1913) was a French painter of Spanish origin who worked in Paris. Pelez portrayed social issues in a realistic style.

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Works

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.

• Grimaces et Misères (Les Saltimbanques) (1888)

[edit] References

• L'express
• Robert Rosenblum, In Art The Ape Of Nature, Abrams Inc., NY 1981.
• French version of wikipedia