Gustave Courbet: 150+ Realist Paintings - Realism - Kindle edition by Ankele, Denise, Ankele, Daniel, Courbet, Gustave. Arts & Photography Kindle eBooks @ .

GUSTAVE COURBET Art Book - 150+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Seascapes, Portraits & Still Life Subjects.

Born June 10, 1819 in Ornans, Doubs, France.

Died December 31, 1877 in La Tour-de-Peliz, Switzerland.

Movement: Realism.

Interesting Facts: § Courbet led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.

§ Courbet believed artists were incapable of reproducing the past or future in their work.

Therefore, he preferred to paint from his own experience.

§ His painting, 'After Dinner at Ornans' earned him a gold medal at the Salon in 1849.

§ Courbet painted everyday people and places to reveal the French people as a political entity.

§ His painting, 'Stone-Breakers' was destroyed in the British bombing of Dresden in 1945.

NOTABLE WORKS: Self-Portrait with a black dog, Self-Portrait-The Desperate Man, After Dinner at Ornans.