Gezicht in het bos van Fontainebleau
Gustave Courbet
1855
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
82; 102; 7.5
About this artwork
drager: hoogte 82 cm x breedte 102 cm
About the Artist
Gustave Courbet · 1819–1877
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who revolutionized 19th-century art as the founding figure of the Realism movement. Born in Ornans, a small town in the Doubs region of France, Courbet came from a prosperous farming family with anti-monarchical roots—his maternal grandfather had participated in the French Revolution. This background shaped his lifelong commitment to dep...