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Gustave Courbet

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Painting of a hanging roe deer carcass against a tree trunk with red autumn foliage behind it.

Le chevreuil

1876

Painting of rocky limestone cliffs among green trees and a grassy slope under a pale blue sky.

Rochers à Ornans

1869

Les amants dans la campagne. Sentiments du jeune âge

1844

Painting of a young woman with dark hair and an ivy wreath, wearing gold studded armor, against a teal background.

Portrait de Zélie Courbet

1842

Night street scene of firefighters with a pump cart and smoke, with onlookers gathered among stone buildings.

Pompiers courant à un incendie

1851

Two nude women sleeping entwined on a white bed beside a blue curtain, a flower vase and a glass decanter on a table.

Le Sommeil

1866

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat against a brown background.

Portrait de Régis Courbet, père de l'artiste

1874

Oil portrait of a young girl with braided hair seated in a wooden chair, wearing a striped dress with lace collar.

Portrait de Juliette Courbet

1844

Two women rest on a riverbank under a tree, one sleeping in a white dress, the other holding wildflowers, with a boat on the

Les demoiselles des bords de la Seine (été)

1857

Painting of a rocky shore with a white church on a cliff, sailboats on blue water, and hazy mountains under cloudy sky.

View of Lake Geneva

Painting of a shaded rocky gorge with a shallow stream flowing between limestone cliffs and dense green trees.

The Stream of the Black Well

1872

Painting of rough grey waves breaking on rocks below a cliff under a heavy cloudy sky.

View of a rough sea near a cliff

1873

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair pulled back, turned slightly left, against a dark olive background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

1845

Painting of a large green wave breaking over dark rocks under a grey, pink-tinged cloudy sky.

The Wave

1870

Painting of a seated man in orange tunic and chainmail raising a goblet, with helmeted companions at a table behind him.

Louis Guéymard as Robert le Diable

1857

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on a rumpled white bed beside a red curtain and a window showing a dark landscape.

眠れる裸婦

1858

Painting of a nude woman seated by a forest brook, one arm reaching toward branches, white cloth draped across her legs.

Bather Sleeping by a Brook

1845

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with lace cuffs, hands clasped, before dense green foliage.

Madame de Brayer

1858

Painting of three figures sifting and sorting wheat in a rustic interior, with a woman in a red dress holding a sieve.

The Wheat Sifters

1854

Painting of white chalk cliffs and a natural arch above a rough sea, with dark boats beached on the shore.

The Etretat Cliffs after the Storm

1870

Two men breaking stones on a dry hillside, one kneeling with a hammer and one carrying a basket of rocks.

The Stone Breakers

1849

Painting of peasants riding horses and leading oxen, a pig, and cattle along a dirt road under a cloudy sky.

Peasants from Flagey back from the Fair

1850

Painting of a shaded forest gorge with a shallow rocky river, boulders, pale cliffs and trees under a patch of sky.

Felsiges Flußtal

1865

Painting of a calm sea with pale clouds, wet sand in the foreground, and small distant sailboats on the horizon.

Courbet - Mer calme à Palavas, MNR 880

1850

Painting of four men in a dim tavern, one smoking a pipe, with a table of bread and wine and a dog on the floor.

Une après-dinée à Ornans

1849

Stormy sea with white-capped waves under dark clouds, two beached wooden boats on a rocky shore, and a red sail far out.

La Mer orageuse

1870

Painting of a woman in a grey dress and white lace bonnet, looking to the side against a dark background.

Portrait of Madame Proudhon

1865

Painting of a lake shore with a rocky cliff, two white-sailed boats on grey water, and mountains under cloudy skies.

Bord du lac Léman, près de Vevey, dit aussi Paysage au lac

1869

Painting of tall pale rock cliffs above a green meadow with a small white house at their base and a blue sky.

Rock of ten hours

1855

Snowy landscape with a rocky cliff, dark wooded hillside and golden shrubs under a pale blue sky, by Gustave Courbet.

Courbet - Paysage sous la neige, 1862, MNR 173

1862

Bust-length portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and dark clothing against a dark background, by Gustave Courbet.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

1865

Painting of a waterfall cascading between dark rocky cliffs into a pool, framed by green trees under a cloudy sky.

The Cascade

Painting of two muscular wrestlers grappling on grass, with spectators and a pavilion behind them under a blue sky.

The Wrestlers

1853

Painting of a nude woman seen from behind at a forest stream, with a clothed seated woman among trees and rocks.

The Bathers

1853

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat against a dark background, in an ornate gilded carved frame.

Portrait of a Man

1851

Dark painted landscape of a leaning tree trunk over a river, with a cave opening in a rocky cliff and a small climbing figure

Landscape from La Source Bleue

1872

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated with a cello and bow against a brown background.

The Cellist (Self-portrait)

1847

Painting of a red fox hanging upside down from a tree in a snowy forest with a winding stream and path.

The Dead Fox

1864

Oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a white shirt against a grey background, by Gustave Courbet.

Portrait of Jules Bordet

1870

Painting of a brown stag leaping through deep snow past shrubs, with a dark wooded hill and blue sky behind.

Deer Running in the Snow

1856

Painting of a river flowing over a weir beside old mill buildings, with a large tree and rocky bank on the right.

The Weir at the Mill

1866

Snowy winter landscape with a bare tree leaning over a hillside and a deer resting near its trunk.

Winter landscape with a deer

1865

Painting of red and green apples heaped in a bowl beside a pewter jug, with loose apples on a brown table.

Still Life with Apples and a Pomegranate

1871

Painting of a stormy sea with large dark waves breaking into white foam under a heavy grey sky.

Mer Orageuse (Mar borrascoso) French: Mer Orageuse

Painting of a young girl with hair in a bun, white collar and open sketchbook, glancing over her shoulder against a teal back

Juliette Courbet at the Age of Ten

Painting of rough, dark green waves under a stormy sky, with small sailboats, one with a red sail, on the horizon.

Marina

Dark landscape painting of a rocky cliff beside a stream, with shadowed trees and a muted greenish sky.

Rocas French: Rochers

Painting of a dark forest with a dead white horse in the foreground and a small figure among the trees.

Landscape with a dead horse

1855

Painting of dark turbulent waves breaking on rocks under a heavy brownish sky, with two small sailboats on the horizon.

Autumn Sea

1867

Three schoolgirls at a wooden desk in a dim room, one reading an open book, painted in loose dark brushwork.

Drei Schulmädchen

1860

Woman in a dark floral dress tending hollyhocks and lilies on a trellis against a blue sky.

Trellis

1862

Painting of a sleeping woman in a brown dress with white lace collar, reclining on a dark ground with one hand outstretched.

Etude pour Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine

1856

Dark forest landscape with a shaded stream, boulders, and pale rocky cliffs under dense trees.

Der schattige Bach

1865

Oil portrait of a young girl in a straw hat with yellow ribbon and fur collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

1871

Low tide shoreline with pebbles and sand under a pinkish grey cloudy sky, with small distant sailboats on a calm sea.

Low Tide at Trouville

1865

Painting of a sea coast with breaking waves, grassy dunes, shallow pools, and distant sailboats under a pale blue sky.

Seascape

Painting of a bearded man lying with closed eyes, white shirt stained red, a sword beside him, dark landscape behind.

Der Verwundete

1866

Painting of a young woman in a red dress and flower-trimmed straw hat, resting her cheek on her hand beside a tree.

Young Ladies on the bank of the Seine - fragment of a painting (Woman with Flowers on Her Hat)

1857

Painting of a wooded cliff beside a sandy beach, a turquoise sea and a hazy cloudy sky under warm light.

Strandgezicht (Petite Marine)

1872

Painting of a rocky lake shore at sunset with pink sky, calm water, distant hills and small sailboats.

Sunset, Vevey, Switzerland

1874

Painting of a river flowing between tall pale limestone cliffs and green trees under a blue sky.

A Gorge in the Jura

1873

Painting of a winter forest with snow-covered rocks, autumn leaves, and two deer on a snowy path.

La Forêt, l'hiver, par Gustave Courbet

1860

Painting of Chillon castle on a lake with a sailboat, autumn trees, and snowy mountains under a pink sunset sky.

Le Château de Chillon

1874

Painting of a rider in a top hat and red scarf on a dark horse crossing a snowy landscape under a grey sky.

Hunter on Horseback

1864

Painting of a rocky gorge with a waterfall, a small figure by the falling water, and dense dark trees under a blue sky.

Landscape with a Waterfall

1865

Oil painting of an autumn tree beside a rocky cliff, a river, and snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Glen at Ornans (Bords du Doubs; Effet d’Automne)

1866

Painting of a rider crossing a stone bridge above a waterfall, framed by rocky cliffs and dense green trees.

The Great Bridge

1864

Painting of a seated woman in a straw hat beneath a large tree beside a river, with a bather in the water.

The Charente at Port-Berteau

1862

Juliette Courbet

1873

Seated man in striped jacket on a rock, hand raised to head, looking startled against a green landscape and teal sky.

The Man Made Mad with Fear

1844

Oil portrait of a pensive young woman with dark hair resting her cheek on her hand, wearing a white ruffled collar.

Zélie Courbet

1847

Painting of a large cedar tree with a wooden bench beneath it and hills in the distance, in dark green tones.

Cedar Tree at Hauteville

1868

Oil portrait of a man in a dark fur hat and red-brown cloak against a dark background, photographed on an easel.

Courbet - Portrait de Rembrandt, 1869, MNR00190

1869

Painting of a rocky river gorge with cliffs, dense trees, a sunlit grassy slope, and a stream under a cloudy sky.

Felsenlandschaft

1872

Portrait de Madame Andler ou Portrait de la mère Grégoire

1867

Still life painting of white and red hollyhocks in a copper bowl on a grey table against a dark background.

Hollyhocks in a Copper Bowl

1872

Painting of tall birch trees beside a still forest stream, with a deer walking in a sunlit clearing on the right.

Stream in the Forest

1862

Dark forest scene with a brook over rocks, a pale cliff behind trees, and a small deer standing on the grassy bank.

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

c. 1855

Painting of a bearded man with glasses seated on steps with two children, books and papers around him, in a garden.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon et ses enfants en 1853

1865

Self-portrait of a man in a black cloak and hat seated with a black dog among rocks, with a cloudy landscape behind him.

Autoportrait dit Courbet au chien noir

1844

Painting of three bathers, two nude women and a draped figure in red, among dark trees beside a pool.

Trois baigneuses

1869

Painting of a large green wave breaking under a cloudy sky, with a small red-sailed boat on the horizon.

La Vague (The Wave)

1869

Charcoal drawing of large trees beside a river under a cloudy sky, with hills and fields in the distance.

Landscape with Large Trees

c. 1870

Charcoal drawing of a sleeping woman with closed eyes and leafy wreath in her hair, by Gustave Courbet, 1847.

Head of a Sleeping Bacchante

1847

Graphite drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised overhead, with handwritten French inscription at right.

Standing Female Nude

1849

Pencil drawing of a shirtless man with shoulder-length hair raising one arm and pointing upward against a pale background.

Man with Upraised Arm, Possibly a Self-Portrait

ca. 1840

Charcoal drawing of woodcutters in a forest, with a man atop a large log on a trestle and workers around cut logs.

The Woodcutters

1860

Charcoal drawing of a prison cell with a child on a bed and a man slumped on the floor beneath a barred window.

Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)

1871

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman reading a book in a studio with a plaster bust and draped chair.

Model Reading in the Studio

c. 1849

Lithograph of a bearded man in a hooded coat holding a hat and walking stick, with printed verse text around him.

The Apostle Jean Journet

1850

Lithograph of a bearded man with a staff and satchel walking through a landscape, with French verses printed in columns aroun

The Apostle Jean Journet Setting Out for the Conquest of Universal Harmony

1850

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with long hair resting his hand on his chin, pensive pose, on tinted paper.

Self-Portrait

ca. 1866