The Poor Fisherman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France". He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin, and he aided medallists by designs and suggestions for their works. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will".

The Poor Fisherman is an oil on canvas painting by the French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, created in 1879–1881. The first version is held in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris.