Gustave Courbet


 
 
Gustave Courbet

::For the French Admiral, see Admiral Courbet (1828-1885)

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Jean D?sir? Gustave Courbet (June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877) was a French painter.

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Best known as an innovator in Realism (and credited with coining the term), and a landscape and seascape painter, his scenes are not romantic or idealized as was customary style at the time. Rather, he portrayed dynamic scenery, subject to continuous and progressive change. Courbet believed the Realist artist's mission was the pursuit of truth which would help erase social contradictions and imbalances.


 

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Introduction
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Burial at Ornans
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