The 1000++ Artworks created around 1850 and containing the word gustave courbet, realism, books, famous people, men, 1850

Matisse painted two versions of this painting, this one having sharper lines and brighter colors than the first version. Although the title is “The Young Sailor,” the model for the painting was actually an 18 year old fisherman named Germain Augustin Barthelemy Montarges. The piece was painted in at...

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Discover the masterpiece of Realism, The Stone Breakers, by Gustave Courbet.

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This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was first observed in Courbet’s studio in the late 1850s by the artist and critic Zacharie Astruc (1833–1907). He did not provide the sitter’s name, and her identity has never been confirmed. The artist Mary Cassatt admired this picture as 'the fine...

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This painting depicts the burial of Courbet’s great uncle in the small French town of Ornans, and it is considered to be one of the turning points in French art. The painting depicted the scene with an unflattering air, and it did not romanticize the depictions of grief and mourning, as in tradition...

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This landscape, probably painted in the mid-1850s, stands at the beginning of a long series of views of the countryside of Courbet’s native town. It may be identified by the distinctive church steeple rising above the cluster of houses along the banks of the river Loue. The cliff in the distance is ...

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'The Painter's Studio' is a true allegory summarizing seven years of artistic and moral life of Gustave Courbet, painted in oil on canvas in 1855. The original painting is kept in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France. The painting is oil on canvas and has the following dimensions: 361 cm × 598 cm (142...

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'The Painter's Studio' is a true allegory summarizing seven years of artistic and moral life of Gustave Courbet, painted in oil on canvas in 1855. The original painting is kept in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France. The painting is oil on canvas and has the following dimensions: 361 cm × 598 cm (142...

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