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Biography of Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet was the main representative of the realism in France and thus influenced the development of the following art styles.

Courbet was born in France on June 10, 1819 and grew up in a middle-class family. Following his parents’ wish, he studied law in 1837. He quickly recognized his love for drawing and began to take drawing lessons a year later. In 1840, he left his hometown Besançon and went to Paris. There, he continued to take classes and copied works of art from Spanish and Dutch painters from the museums.

In the Paris Salon, he submitted twenty of his works from 1841 to 1847, but only three were accepted: one of them was his self-portrait with black dog . His family supported him during this period.

Not far from his studio, Gustave Courbet met with other artists and intellectuals he had known since his childhood. In this group, he developed the new art direction of realism. In 1848, Courbet submitted again some of his works to the Paris Salon. This time, he was crowned with success. The jury enthusiastically accepted 10 of his paintings, and in 1849 he received a gold medal for his work After the meal in Ornans . His popularity grew more and more.

In his paintings, different visual elements were combined. Courbet used both spatula and brush, producing a uniform and only slightly pasty surface. Other artists took over this type of painting in a different form.

This painter also exhibited his works in Belgium, England and Germany, and took part in exhibitions in Switzerland during his last years of life. He died on December 31, 1877, at the age of 58, from a heart disease.

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Origin of the World from Gustave Courbet

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Self-Portrait - The Desper... from Gustave Courbet

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Courbet, Le sommeil from Gustave Courbet

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The taking a bath from Gustave Courbet

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La Plage, Soleil Couchant from Gustave Courbet

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The Sea from Gustave Courbet

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Le chêne de flagey (Le chêne de vercingétorix)

Le chêne de flagey (Le chê... from Gustave Courbet

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The Wave from Gustave Courbet

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L'Immensite from Gustave Courbet

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The Oak of Flagey, called ... from Gustave Courbet

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The Cliffs at Etretat from Gustave Courbet

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The wave from Gustave Courbet

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The Sea from Gustave Courbet

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Clouds On Lake Leman from Gustave Courbet

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The Wave from Gustave Courbet

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Mer Calme (Calm Sea) from Gustave Courbet

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Sunset at Lake Geneva from Gustave Courbet

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Woman with a Parrot from Gustave Courbet

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The studio of the artist from Gustave Courbet

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The meeting (or: Voucher at-home day Monsieur Courbet)

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The source from Gustave Courbet

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La mer orageuse (La vague) from Gustave Courbet

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Portrait of Zelie Courbet from Gustave Courbet

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The Source of the Loue or La Grotte Sarrazine

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Fisherman on Lac L?Šman from Gustave Courbet

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Cliff at Etretat from Gustave Courbet

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The Somnambulist from Gustave Courbet

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Gustave Courbet / Self-portrait with dog

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Boats at St. Aubain from Gustave Courbet

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The Stream from Gustave Courbet

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Winterlandschaft mit Rotwi... from Gustave Courbet

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Look over Frankfurt am Mai... from Gustave Courbet

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Red deer in front of a wat... from Gustave Courbet

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Portrait de Pierre Joseph ... from Gustave Courbet

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Sunset, Trouville from Gustave Courbet

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Baudelaire from Gustave Courbet

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Paysans de Flagey from Gustave Courbet

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The Hammock from Gustave Courbet

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Proudhon from Gustave Courbet

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Chillon Castle from Gustave Courbet

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The lovers from Gustave Courbet

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Watermill from Gustave Courbet

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The Wave from Gustave Courbet

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Young Man Sitting, Study. (Self-Portrait At the Easel)

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The Wrestlers from Gustave Courbet

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Blick auf Frankfurt am Main mit der Alten Brücke von Sachsenhausen her.

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The poachers (Le's Braconn... from Gustave Courbet

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Le of back de of La confér... from Gustave Courbet

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Storm at Sea from Gustave Courbet

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Old Man with a glass of wi... from Gustave Courbet

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Malle Babbe from Gustave Courbet

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Waterfall in the Ornans Ro... from Gustave Courbet

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The Donkey from Gustave Courbet

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