Gustave Courbet
1819-1877
French Realist Painter
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
Artistically and stylistically influenced by the following painters; Francisco de Goya, Franz Hals, Rembrandt, and Meindert Hobbema
Education - Royal College in Besançon
Cause of Death - Dropsy, he was also afflicted with excruciating hemorrhoids in his latter years.
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Gustave
Courbet Quotations
I have
studied the art of the
masters and the art of the
moderns, avoiding any
preconceived system and
without prejudice. --
Gustave Courbet Quote
France is the only nation in
which astoundingly small
numbers of civilized patrons
reside. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
Fine art is knowledge made
visible. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
The expression of beauty is
in direct ratio to the power
of conception the artist has
acquired. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
Painting is the
representation of visible
forms. . . The essence of
realism is its negation of
the ideal. -- Gustave
Courbet Quote
I hope to live all my life
for my art, without
abandoning my principles one
iota, without . . . having
painted as much as you can
cover with your hand, to
please somebody or in order
to sell the picture more
easily. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
When we see men of worth,
we should think of equaling
them; when we see men of a
contrary character, we
should turn inward and
examine ourselves. --
Gustave Courbet Quote
I am not one who was born in
the custody of wisdom; I am
one who is fond of olden
times and intense in quest
of the sacred knowing of the
ancients. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
Painting is an essentially
concrete art and can only
consist of the
representation of real and
existing things . . . an
object which is abstract,
not visible, non-existent,
is not within the realm of
painting. -- Gustave Courbet
Quote
The beautiful is in nature,
and it is encountered under
the most diverse forms of
reality. Once it is found it
belongs to art, or rather to
the artist who discovers it.
-- Gustave Courbet Quote
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