Gustave Courbet
1819–1877 · 19th century · France · Realism
How to recognize Gustave Courbet
Courbet paints ordinary life at monumental scale with thick, earthy paint often laid on with a palette knife. Look for unglamorous labourers, dense dark tones, and a deliberately unidealized, solid realism.
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