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Gustave Courbet
French realist painter (–)
"Courbet" redirects here. For other uses, see Courbet (disambiguation).
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (KOOR-bay,[1]koor-BAY,[2]French:[ɡystavkuʁbɛ]; 10 June – 31 December )[3] was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.
Gustave courbet realism paintings
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 s and early s brought him his first recognition.
They challenged convention by depicting unidealized peasants and workers, often on a grand scale traditionally reserved for paintings of religious or