Gustave Courbet

French · 1819–1877

French Realism

Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists.

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The Black Rocks at Trouville — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 6works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1819–1877life
movement: French Realismmovement

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The Black Rocks at Trouville

Gustave Courbet · National Gallery of Art

La Bretonnerie in the Department of Indre

Gustave Courbet · National Gallery of Art

Who Gustave Courbet was

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism 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.

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