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Portrait of the Composer Hector Berlioz by Gustave Courbet

Portrait of the Composer Hector Berlioz

Gustave Courbet · 1850

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Artist
Gustave Courbet
Date
1850
Location
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
ART MOVEMENTS
NaturalismRealism
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THE ARTIST

Gustave Courbet

1819–1877 · France

Gustave Courbet, the defiant leader of the Realism movement, painted only what he could see, rejecting academic norms and Romanticism.

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Beyond Courbet and Realism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Portrait of the Composer Hector Berlioz belongs to.

Woman Feeding Chickens Same movement · Naturalism Woman Feeding Chickens Jean-François Millet · 1850 · Art Institute of Chicago The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1830s–1860s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago Souvenir of Tuscany Same movement · Naturalism Souvenir of Tuscany Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1845 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1830s–1860s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art C'est peut-être bon...mais c'est égal..., from Les Hippophages, published in Le Charivari, October 23, 1856 Same movement · Naturalism C'est peut-être bon...mais c'est égal..., from Les Hippophages, published in Le Charivari, October 23, 1856 Honoré Daumier · 1856 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mount Chocorua and Moat Mountain from North Conway Same era · 1830s–1860s Mount Chocorua and Moat Mountain from North Conway William Hart · 1850 Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Same era · 1830s–1860s Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Eugène Delacroix · 1849 · Art Institute of Chicago Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Same era · 1830s–1860s Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1853 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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