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Gustave Courbet

Born

in Ornans, Doubs, France

June 10, 1819

Died

December 31, 1877

Genre

Arts & Photography

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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19th-century French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.

Courbet's paintings of the late 1840s and early 1850s brought him his first recognition. They challenged convention by depicting unidealized peasants and workers, often on a grand scale traditionally reserved for paintings of ...more

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	Delphi Complete Paintings of Gustave Courbet (Illustrated) (Delphi Masters of Art Book 53) by Gustave Courbet, Peter Russell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Επιστολή προς τον υπουργό καλών τεχνών by Gustave Courbet, Λήδα Παλλαντίου (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Gustave Courbet by Gustave Courbet, Petra ten-Doesschate Chu (Translation) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gustave Courbet- Paintings & Drawings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Γράμματα στους Γερμανούς by Gustave Courbet, Γιάννης Μπαρτσώκας (Editor), Σταύρος Βελούδος (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1870 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'opera completa di Courbet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gustave Courbet: Notes Et Documents Sur Sa Vie & Son Oeuvre... by Gustave Courbet, Henry-Amedee Lelorgne Ideville (Comte (Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettre au Ministre des Beaux-Arts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Correspondance by Gustave Courbet, Petra ten-Doesschate Chu (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gustave Courbet (?)

“Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.”
― Gustave Courbet

tags: beauty, observation

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“I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.”
― Gustave Courbet

tags: angels, art, philosophy

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“I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times & intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.”
― Gustave Courbet

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