Courbet Gustave

Finishing work on the “Artist’s Workshop”, Courbet shares with his friend – the writer Shanfleury: “People who like to express their opinion on any occasion and wake up in the

Along with compositions on religious and literary subjects, he makes portraits, mostly portraying himself. With obvious pleasure, Courbet transmits the features of a beautiful face, somewhat romanticizing his own appearance.

Courbet began painting in 1849, in a cramped attic in Ornan. The work of the artist caused a stir among the local society that fell into its heroes – it

The founder of the French realistic direction Gustave Courbet studied painting in Ornan, then at the Besancon School of Art. In 1839 the artist went to Paris and studied here

Critical attitude of Courbet to traditional painting is perfectly illustrated by his nude. Speaking about the depiction of a nude female nature at Courbet, more often cited as an example

“Veyalschitsy” seemed to have come down from the paintings of Millet, but in the picture of Courbet, instead of the pathetic, stern asceticism inherent in the works of the barbizon,

The second after the painting of passion Courbet was hunting. Travel to work in Ornan, he often timed to hunting seasons. In 1858, he was lucky to kill a huge

In the 1860s Courbet began to draw scenes with nude figures, nude women in a piquant form. Courbet received a lot of fame for his paintings with erotic nude figures,