Gustave Courbet

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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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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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Realism notableProponent Gustave Courbet
Edgar Degas influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet name Gustave Courbet self-link
Gustave Courbet birthName Gustave Courbet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet
The Card Players influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Camille Pissarro influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Alfred Sisley influencedBy Gustave Courbet
James McNeill Whistler influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Paris Salon notableArtistExhibited Gustave Courbet
Ornans, Doubs, France notablePersonBornHere Gustave Courbet
subject surface form: Ornans
A Burial at Ornans creator Gustave Courbet
A Burial at Ornans artist Gustave Courbet
A Burial at Ornans firstOwner Gustave Courbet
The Origin of the World creator Gustave Courbet
The Desperate Man creator Gustave Courbet
The Desperate Man artist Gustave Courbet
The Desperate Man depicts Gustave Courbet
The Desperate Man basedOn Gustave Courbet
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet himself
Young Ladies of the Village creator Gustave Courbet
The Sleepers creator Gustave Courbet
The Sleepers artist Gustave Courbet
The Wave creator Gustave Courbet
The Wave artist Gustave Courbet
The Wave partOfSeries Gustave Courbet
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet seascapes
The Wave creatorLifespan Gustave Courbet
this entity surface form: Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
Paris Commune leader Gustave Courbet
Pavilion of Realism (1855) organizer Gustave Courbet
Pavilion of Realism (1855) creator Gustave Courbet
The Stone Breakers creator Gustave Courbet
The Stone Breakers firstOwner Gustave Courbet
The Painter's Studio creator Gustave Courbet
The Painter's Studio artist Gustave Courbet
The Painter's Studio depicts Gustave Courbet
Jules Dalou influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Ferdinand Hodler influencedBy Gustave Courbet
National Museum of Western Art hasWorkBy Gustave Courbet
Henri Fantin-Latour influencedBy Gustave Courbet
Loue Valley influenced Gustave Courbet
The Stream of the Puits-Noir at Ornans artistFullName Gustave Courbet
this entity surface form: Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet
Salon of 1850–1851 exhibitedArtist Gustave Courbet
L’Origine du monde creator Gustave Courbet
L’Origine du monde hasCreator Gustave Courbet
Khalil-Bey patronOf Gustave Courbet
Le Désespéré (Courbet) creator Gustave Courbet
Le Désespéré (Courbet) depicts Gustave Courbet
Les Demoiselles du village creator Gustave Courbet