Gustave Courbet

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (French: [ɡystav kuʁbɛ]; 10 Juin 1819 – 31 December 1877) wis a French penter who led the Realist movement in 19t-century French pentin.

Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet c. 1860s
(portrait bi Étienne Carjat)
BornJean Désiré Gustave Courbet
10 Juin 1819(1819-06-10)
Ornans, Doubs, Fraunce
Dee'd31 December 1877(1877-12-31) (aged 58)
La Tour-de-Peilz, Swisserland
NaitionalityFrench
Kent forPentin, Sculptin
Notable wirk(s)A Burial At Ornans (1849–50)
L'Origine du monde (1866)
MuivementRealism
AwairdsGold-Medal winner - 1848 Salon; Nominatit tae receive the French Legion o Honor in 1870, - Refused.
Patron(s)Alfred Bruyas