Gustave Courbet

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French painter Realist artist human painter

Gustave Courbet was a 19th-century French painter who pioneered modern art by depicting everyday life with unidealized realism and bold, controversial subject matter.

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Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) 1
Gustave Courbet himself 1
Gustave Courbet seascapes 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French painter ⓘ
Realist artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance pioneer of modern art through realism ⓘ
artisticStyle realism ⓘ
birthName Gustave Courbet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet
causeOfDeath liver disease ⓘ
causeOfExile involvement in the Paris Commune ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1819-06-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1877-12-31 ⓘ
exhibitedAt Paris Salon ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
nude painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
influencedBy Barbizon school ⓘ
surface form: Barbizon School

Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
influencedMovement Impressionism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
surface form: Modern art
knownFor bold and controversial subject matter ⓘ
depicting everyday life with unidealized realism ⓘ
movement Modern art precursor ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
name Gustave Courbet self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Burial at Ornans ⓘ
The Desperate Man ⓘ
The Origin of the World ⓘ
The Painter's Studio ⓘ
The Sleepers ⓘ
The Stone Breakers ⓘ
The Wave ⓘ
Young Ladies of the Village ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
organizedExhibition Pavilion of Realism (1855) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ornans, Doubs, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland ⓘ
placeOfExile Switzerland ⓘ
politicalAlignment republican ⓘ
politicalInvolvement Paris Commune ⓘ
regionAssociatedWith Franche-Comté ⓘ
rejectedAcademicTradition French Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: French Academy
roleInParisCommune member of the Paris Commune Council of Fine Arts ⓘ
signatureTheme rural life in Ornans and Franche-Comté ⓘ
studiedIn Paris ⓘ
trainedAt self-taught with informal study in Paris ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Burial at Ornans → artist → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Desperate Man → artist → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Painter's Studio → artist → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Sleepers → artist → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Wave → artist → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Desperate Man → basedOn → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet himself
Gustave Courbet → birthName → Gustave Courbet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet
A Burial at Ornans → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Pavilion of Realism (1855) → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Desperate Man → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Origin of the World → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Painter's Studio → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Sleepers → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Stone Breakers → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Wave → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Young Ladies of the Village → creator → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Wave → creatorLifespan → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
The Desperate Man → depicts → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Painter's Studio → depicts → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
A Burial at Ornans → firstOwner → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Stone Breakers → firstOwner → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Alfred Sisley → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Camille Pissarro → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Edgar Degas → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
James McNeill Whistler → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Pierre-Auguste Renoir → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Card Players → influencedBy → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Paris Commune → leader → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Gustave Courbet → name → Gustave Courbet self-link ⓘ
Paris Salon → notableArtistExhibited → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
subject surface form: Ornans
Realism → notableProponent → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Pavilion of Realism (1855) → organizer → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
The Wave → partOfSeries → Gustave Courbet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet seascapes