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.


       Prev  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10   Next
  Prev Artist       Next Artist     

   
    

Gustave Courbet Still Life with Apples and Pomegranates oil


Still Life with Apples and Pomegranates
Painting ID::  547
Still Life with Apples and Pomegranates
National Gallery, London
National_Gallery,_London
   
   
     

Gustave Courbet Woman with a Parrot oil


Woman with a Parrot
Painting ID::  548
Woman with a Parrot
1865-66 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1865-66__ Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art,_New_York
   
   
     

Gustave Courbet Low Tide known as Immensity oil


Low Tide known as Immensity
Painting ID::  549
Low Tide known as Immensity
1865 City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
1865__ City_of_Bristol_Museum_and_Art_Gallery
   
   
     

Gustave Courbet Portrait of Jo oil


Portrait of Jo
Painting ID::  551
Portrait of Jo
1866 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1866__ Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art,_New_York
   
   
     

Gustave Courbet Portrait of the Artist's Father oil


Portrait of the Artist's Father
Painting ID::  552
Portrait of the Artist's Father
1844
1844
   
   
     

       Prev  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10   Next
Prev Artist       Next Artist     

     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.

CONTACT US
Xiamen China Wholesale Oil Painting Stretcher Bar Frame Moulding Mirror Framed Stretched Paintings