His last years were spent in exile in Switzerland. The Gallery's 'Still Life with Apples and Pomegranate' was painted in prison.

He was later imprisoned for his prominent role in the Commune in 1871 - as Director of Museums he was held responsible for the destruction of the column in the Place Vendôme. After this was turned down by the Exposition Universelle in 1855, he held a one-man exhibition establishing his position as a Realist.įrom the 1850s he travelled extensively in France. His mature works often treat genre subjects on the grand scale of history painting, as in his ambitious painting of his studio.

He exhibited at the Salon in 1844, but public and official favour later deserted him. Gustave Courbet: Exposed By Lacey Belinda Smith 'Sobre este título' puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro. In Paris from 1840, he studied especially the Dutch and Venetian paintings in the Louvre. Gustave Courbet: Exposed de Smith, Lacey Belinda en - ISBN 10: 1492823287 - ISBN 13: 9781492823285 - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. He relied on the use of the palette knife to create heavily impastoed surfaces, as if to stress his disdain for the fine finish of academic practice.Ĭourbet was born at Ornans in eastern France and received his early training in Besançon. His work contrasts with the Classicism of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and the Romanticism of Eugène Delacroix. Product details Publisher : Thames & Hudson First edition. Courbet was the main exponent of Realism in 19th-century French painting. Gustave Courbet: Exposed Lacey Belinda Smith 4 Paperback 8 offers from 13.99 Editorial Reviews About the Author Linda Nochlin is the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

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