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The Forest in Winter by Gustave Courbet

The Forest in Winter

Gustave Courbet · 1860

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Artist
Gustave Courbet
Date
1860
Location
Cincinnati Art Museum
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 The Forest in Winter belongs to.

Woman Feeding Chickens Same movement · Naturalism Woman Feeding Chickens Jean-François Millet · 1850 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1840s–1870s 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 The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1840s–1870s 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 Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Same era · 1840s–1870s Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Edgar Degas · 1860 · Art Institute of Chicago Pools by the Seaside Same era · 1840s–1870s Pools by the Seaside William Hart · 1861 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum An Arab Warrior Same era · 1840s–1870s An Arab Warrior Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1862 · Hispanic Society of America
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