Fernand Pelez

Fernand Pelez (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. == Biography == 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 o…