Musée No:583.012
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The Calm Sea
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Dated: 1869
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. He was determined to paint what he could see rather than a romantic version and his ‘independence’ set the example for later artists such as the Impressionists and Cubists. His real life depictions of peasants and work scenes from the start of his career were seen as political. In 1871 he was served six months in prison for his involvement with the Paris Commune, he then moved to exile in Switzerland in 1873 and stayed there for the rest of his life. He enjoyed creating an outlandish reputation for himself by producing provocative scandalous works – including nudes and also ‘Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer)’ showing two prostitutes daringly displaying their undergarments! This sort of work along with less scandalous subjects created both notoriety and sales.
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Dated: 1869
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. He was determined to paint what he could see rather than a romantic version and his ‘independence’ set the example for later artists such as the Impressionists and Cubists. His real life depictions of peasants and work scenes from the start of his career were seen as political. In 1871 he was served six months in prison for his involvement with the Paris Commune, he then moved to exile in Switzerland in 1873 and stayed there for the rest of his life. He enjoyed creating an outlandish reputation for himself by producing provocative scandalous works – including nudes and also ‘Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer)’ showing two prostitutes daringly displaying their undergarments! This sort of work along with less scandalous subjects created both notoriety and sales.