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Gustave Courbet

157 works

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

Sunset, Vevey, Switzerland

1874

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 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 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