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Gustave Courbet
1819-1877
French
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was a French painter whose powerful pictures of peasants and scenes of everyday life established him as the leading figure of the realist movement of the mid-19th century.
Gustave Courbet was born at Ornans on June 10, 1819. He appears to have inherited his vigorous temperament from his father, a landowner and prominent personality in the Franche-Comte region. At the age of 18 Gustave went to the College Royal at Besancon. There he openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the traditional classical subjects he was obliged to study, going so far as to lead a revolt among the students. In 1838 he was enrolled as an externe and could simultaneously attend the classes of Charles Flajoulot, director of the ecole des Beaux-Arts. At the college in Besançon, Courbet became fast friends with Max Buchon, whose Essais Poetiques (1839) he illustrated with four lithographs.
In 1840 Courbet went to Paris to study law, but he decided to become a painter and spent much time copying in the Louvre. In 1844 his Self-Portrait with Black Dog was exhibited at the Salon. The following year he submitted five pictures; only one, Le Guitarrero, was accepted. After a complete rejection in 1847, the Liberal Jury of 1848 accepted all 10 of his entries, and the critic Champfleury, who was to become Courbet first staunch apologist, highly praised the Walpurgis Night.
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The Painter's Studio (mk22)
1855
Oil on canvas,359 x 598 cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
Painting ID:: 22790
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The_Painter's_Studio_(mk22)
1855
Oil on canvas,359 x 598 cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
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Self-Portrait The Desperate Man
mk52
1843
Oil on canvas
45x54cm
Nasjonalgalleriet,Oslo
Painting ID:: 27011
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Self-Portrait_The_Desperate_Man
mk52
1843
Oil on canvas
45x54cm
Nasjonalgalleriet,Oslo
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The Meeting or Bonjour,Monsieur Courbet
mk52
1854
Oil on canvas
129x149cm
Musee Fabre,Montpellier
Painting ID:: 27012
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The_Meeting_or_Bonjour,Monsieur_Courbet
mk52
1854
Oil on canvas
129x149cm
Musee Fabre,Montpellier
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La Cote a Etretat apres la tempete
mk62
1869
Huile sur toile
133x162cm
Paris,musee d Orsay
Painting ID:: 27802
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La_Cote_a_Etretat_apres_la_tempete
mk62
1869
Huile sur toile
133x162cm
Paris,musee d Orsay
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The Stonebreakers
1849-50
Oil on canvas 190 x 300cm(74 3/4 x 118 1/8in)
Formerly Gemaklegalerie,Dresden (destroyed) (mk63)
Painting ID:: 27980
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The_Stonebreakers
1849-50
Oil on canvas 190 x 300cm(74 3/4 x 118 1/8in)
Formerly Gemaklegalerie,Dresden (destroyed) (mk63)
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Gustave_Courbet
1819-1877
French
Gustave Courbet Locations
was a French painter whose powerful pictures of peasants and scenes of everyday life established him as the leading figure of the realist movement of the mid-19th century.
Gustave Courbet was born at Ornans on June 10, 1819. He appears to have inherited his vigorous temperament from his father, a landowner and prominent personality in the Franche-Comte region. At the age of 18 Gustave went to the College Royal at Besancon. There he openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the traditional classical subjects he was obliged to study, going so far as to lead a revolt among the students. In 1838 he was enrolled as an externe and could simultaneously attend the classes of Charles Flajoulot, director of the ecole des Beaux-Arts. At the college in Besançon, Courbet became fast friends with Max Buchon, whose Essais Poetiques (1839) he illustrated with four lithographs.
In 1840 Courbet went to Paris to study law, but he decided to become a painter and spent much time copying in the Louvre. In 1844 his Self-Portrait with Black Dog was exhibited at the Salon. The following year he submitted five pictures; only one, Le Guitarrero, was accepted. After a complete rejection in 1847, the Liberal Jury of 1848 accepted all 10 of his entries, and the critic Champfleury, who was to become Courbet first staunch apologist, highly praised the Walpurgis Night.
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