Fernand Pelez

Place: Paris

Born: 1843

Death: 1913

Biography:

Fernand Pelez was a French painter of Spanish origin who worked in Paris. Pelez portrayed social issues in a realistic style. He was born in Paris and his father, Fernand Pelez de Cordova, 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.