Gustave Courbet. 15072020 To those living in 19th-century France Gustave Courbet s pioneering career could be divided into a series of scandals. After dinner at ornans - by Gustav Courbet.

Courbet rebelled against the Romantic painting of his day turning to everyday events for his subject matter. He was the leader of the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. It treats an ordinary provincial funeral with unflattering.
Basket of flowers - by Gustav Courbet.
A burial at ornans - by Gustav Courbet. A burial at ornans - by Gustav Courbet. Gustave Courbet 10 June 181931 December 1877 was a French painter. His work contrasts with the Classicism of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and the Romanticism of Eugne Delacroix.