100 Great Artists

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1841

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1870

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1877

GUSTAVE COURBET

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Di" of dropry in

La TOUN<-P,ii::.

The P:.ri nter's Studio (d.'ail) (/855)

Tb,y fig"'''' "PfJ'ilT at til< em,,.. </ a bug, "'''''/H ,",aJUring 12 r 2()

fm. A)'ro"gh b, bad rrudi,d IMg..,,,,k pim,,,, in til< u,ttt-r, (Courk'

".", '"fElly ,,1/_UWgbl), ,hi! romp"Jirion jn'ny rimpl.; Y" ,,,"'ain "'p«rr

ulx> bhoomirurionjir R"nbmnd, Il1Id JH""'Ii=. Many Olb.,. figur"

CTI1!:.-J in on ,,'th.,. riO. ",b, foB pim,", ,;:bieb C_Iv, d=rikd if! ~b,

moraJ and f!hyica/ bi,"'Y "my ",illiG'

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u"".c GJurb<1 rt'Och,,] his p",l a<. ill~J]ic:lti()n< of the shift &,.n.n agn.rian tn an

Re,li,t l",intCl' in tl>< 1850s. &.Ii,,,, indu,n-ializ.cd so:K'i<1}': 'I "lU" ],e fn::c <~'cn of

w:lS n:gardcd :IS ,bngcrous Il}' ,hc golt:mmCl'lts. The prol~e hal'e m},S)'"p"hics,

Fn::nch ,"'a,km)" who di,lil,,1 anphing l",in,,,1 Imu" address them 'tir""ly:

in a 'IHIfl"'nmus, wlron,ri""lmannt".. In ,h,"e CouriJ<1 tUll &,. " tl>< R,."amic mo"::",,,m a

days, C ouriJ<t's bmle for artistic fn::cdom w:lS Ii..::ting of ",,,,I "",)t;o",,1 im"~"::"":n~ bu, he

'onlly {'(,nsi>t<:n' with his po~ties. which .. "re discard,,] 'hc ct:n'nl mle of the in,~,'idu:tl.

s<K'ialist and anarchic. lie fough' any llcJirting ,ru'" and dignity w<".e 1,)C:t,,,1 in ,I><

org; niu,ion. hal·i ng alrcady gr:lSped the {,(lflllllUnity and rcality of <~'ery,b)' lill::.