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Gustave Courbet - Born June 10, 1819
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"Self-Portrait with a Black Dog"
Courbet painted first "Self-Portrait with a Black Dog". He started as a romanticism artist and shifted to the Realism side. -
The Desperate Man
An oil on canvas self portrait produced on 1843 -1845, during a stay in Paris. A man grasping his hair in desperation. -
"The Man Made Mad by Fear"
An oil on canvas painted in 1845. The early paintings by Courbet at the age of 10, inspired by himself and his younger sister. -
After Dinner at Ornans
Another Oil on canvas painting by the French Realist painted in winter of 1848-1849 in Ornans. It is now in the Palais des Beaux - Arts de Lille. -
A Burial at Ornans
A monumental oil painting created between 1849-1850. It shows a funeral occurring in the artists hometown in Ornans and he considers it a mark in development of Realism of art. -
The Stone Breakers
A painting created in 1849 depicting two French peasant laborers breaking stones to create gravel for roadbeds. -
The Bathers
An oil canvas painting by the French artist first exhibited at the Paris salon of 1853. -
"The Meeting Bonjour Monsieur Courbet"
An oil canvas painting depicting the artist on his way to meet his patron, his servant Calas, and his dog Breton. -
The Wheat Sifters
An oil canvas painted and created in 1854 by the French Realist. It was created at the Salon of 1855 in Paris, then in 1861 at the ninth exhibition of Society of Friends of the Art of Nantes. -
The Painter's Studio
An oil canvas painting in 1855 located in Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France. -
Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine
An oil on canvas painting by the French artist, created between late 1856 and early 1857. It is held in the Petit Palais, Paris. -
The Source
An 1862 oil painting canvas by the artist. The painting is a nude woman standing outside in nature, in water. -
Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl
A canvas made by oil painting depicting the model Joanna Heffernan, the artist Courbet met her at Trouville. He immediately prefunded an urge to create a painting knowing her history. -
Gustave Courbet died on December 31, 1877
The artist died in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, at the age of 58. His death was attributed to liver disease, which was worsened by excessive alcohol.