Fernand Pelez

Fernand Pelez studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Félix-Joseph Barrias and Alexandre Cabanel is recorded. Yvonne Diéterle is recorded as having studied under Fernand Pelez. The recorded working language is French. Residence is recorded at Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne and boulevard de Clichy. Work by Fernand Pelez is recorded in the collections of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and Musée d'Orsay. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

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. • Illustration — Grimaces et Misères (Les Saltimbanques), (1888)

Fernand Pelez was recorded at birth as Ferdinand Emmanuel Pelez de Cordoba d'Aguilar. The authorities additionally record the headings Fernand Emmanuel Pelez, Fernand Pélez, f. pelez and Pelez. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Raymond Pelez.

His work is associated with academic art and Naturalism. He belonged to Société des Artistes Français. He worked at Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne and boulevard de Clichy.

Fernand Pelez is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour.