▁is ▁now ▁the ▁sec ular ▁P ant he on , ▁begun ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁His ▁two ▁subjects ▁were ▁L ' E ducation ▁de ▁Sainte ▁Gene vi ève ▁and ▁La ▁Vie ▁Past oral ▁de ▁Sainte ▁Gene vi ève . ▁This ▁commission ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁works ▁at ▁the ▁Sor bon ne , ▁namely ▁the ▁enorm ous ▁hem icy cle , ▁The ▁Sac red ▁Gro ve ▁or ▁L ' An ci enne ▁Sor bon ne ▁amongst ▁the ▁mus es ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Am ph it he ater ▁of ▁the ▁Sor bon ne . ▁ ▁His ▁final ▁commission ▁in ▁this ▁tr inity ▁of ▁Republican ▁comm issions ▁was ▁the ▁crow ning ▁glory ▁of ▁Pu vis ' s ▁career , ▁the ▁works ▁Summer ▁and ▁Winter , ▁at ▁the ▁ ▁H ôtel ▁de ▁Ville ▁( City ▁Hall ) ▁in ▁Paris . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁works ▁are ▁character ized ▁by ▁their ▁nod ▁to ▁classical ▁art , ▁visible ▁in ▁the ▁careful ▁bal anced ▁compos itions , ▁and ▁the ▁subject ▁matter ▁is ▁frequently ▁a ▁direct ▁reference ▁to ▁vis ions ▁of ▁H ellen istic ▁Greece , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Ant ique ▁V ision . ▁ ▁Works ▁on ▁canvas ▁▁ ▁Pu vis ▁de ▁Ch av annes ▁was ▁president ▁and ▁co - found er ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁of ▁the ▁Société ▁N ationale ▁des ▁Be aux - Ar ts ▁( National ▁Society ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts ) ▁founded ▁in ▁Paris . ▁It ▁became ▁the ▁dominant ▁sal on ▁of ▁art ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁held ▁exhib itions ▁of ▁contemporary