Gustav Courbet 75 of his most famous paintings

Gustav Courbet 75 of his best paintings with titles 00:00 Chapter I Figurative 04:30 Chapter II Nudes 05:50 Chapter III Landscapes, Seascapes, Animals Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19thcentury French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19thcentury French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work. Courbet s paintings of the late 1840s and early 1850s brought him his first recognition. They challenged convention by depicting unidealized peasants and workers, often on a grand scale traditionally reserved for paintings of religious or historical subjects. Courbet s subsequent pain