Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) “J’espère vivre toute ma vie pour mon art, sans abandonner mes principes un iota.” (I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.)
Gustave Courbet: Quotations
Month: June 2013
L’Atelier du peintre (1854-1855)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
Un enterrement à Ornans (1849-1850)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans (A Burial at Ornans) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the end of the summer of 1849, Courbet began his first monumental painting. He wanted to make it…
Juliette Courbet (1873-1874)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…
Portrait de Zélie Courbet (1847)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet (Portrait of Zélie Courbet) 1847 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo The model in the painting Portrait of Zélie Coubert is Courbet’s sister, Zélie (1828-1875).…
Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Founded: 1947 Address: Av. Paulista, 1578 – Bela Vista, São Paulo, SP 01310-200, Brasil Website: https://masp.org.br/ Collection: • Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877): Juliette Courbet (1873-74) • Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877): Portrait de Zélie Courbet (1847) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Baigneurs sur la Seine (1874-76) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): L’artiste, Portrait…
São Paulo (Brasil)
Museums: • Museu de Arte de São Paulo: Av. Paulista, 1578 – Bela Vista, São Paulo, 01310-200 See also: • Cities | Brasil
Brasil
Cities: • Juazeiro do Norte • Maringá • Rio de Janeiro • São Paulo • Ubá • Uruburetama Brazil in Art: Post, Frans (1612-1680) The Old Portuguese Fort of the Three Kings 1638 Musée du Louvre, Paris Post, Frans (1612-1680) A Brazilian Landscape 1650…
Portrait de Juliette Courbet (1844)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Courbet, Juliette (1831-1915)
Courbet au chien noir (1842-1844)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Courbet au chien noir (Courbet with a black dog) 1842–1844 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Gustave Courbet depicted himself as the young artist that he then was, of Bohemian elegance, travelling with his…