Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877)
1819-06-10Ornans, France1877-12-31La Tour-de-Peilz, SwitzerlandFrance, Switzerland
Gustave Courbet
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.
Date and place of birt: | 10 june 1819, Ornans, France |
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Date and place of death: | 31 december 1877, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland |
Nationality: | France, Switzerland |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Realism, Romanticism, Naturalism |