Courbet by Segolene Le Men6/10/2023 ![]() His immersion into the depths of a personality, into the remoteness of pristine nature, as well as his thematization and dissolution of matter are reasons why many contemporary artists still make reference to his work. Text(s) by Werner Hofmann, Klaus Herding, Linda Nochlin, Michle Haddad, Sylvain Amic, Ulrich Pfarr, Margret Stuffmann, James H. Instead, he depicted scenes of everyday life, particularly among the peasants and the working class, with a naturalism then considered shocking. This publication introduces this “other” Courbet, one who, inspired by German Romanticism, succeeded in creating the vision of poetic modern art, as it was later refined not only by Cézanne and Picasso, but also by the Symbolists and Surrealists. Yet Courbet, a dynamic and boundlessly self-confident man, proud of his rural origins and guided by his strong republican beliefs, rejected these subjects as too remote from actual experience. The painter had another side, however: in his portraits, landscapes, drawings, and still lifes, he depicted a contemplative, meditative, inward-looking world, which stood in stark contrast to the fast-paced industrialization of the period. William Merritt Chase: The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), Vol. ![]() His lifelike portraits defy the artistic convention of idealization. Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) is the preeminent representative of Realism and the spearhead of a style of painting committed to socially relevant issues. ![]()
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