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La Roche à Bayard, Dinant by Gustave Courbet

La Roche à Bayard, Dinant

Gustave Courbet · 1856

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Artist
Gustave Courbet
Date
1856
Location
Fitzwilliam 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 La Roche à Bayard, Dinant 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 · 1840s–1870s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago 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 Backgammon Players Same era · 1840s–1870s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Souvenir of Tuscany Same movement · Naturalism Souvenir of Tuscany Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1845 · Art Institute of Chicago Peace and Plenty Same era · 1840s–1870s Peace and Plenty William Hart · 1855 · New Britain Museum of American Art The Sheepshearers Same era · 1840s–1870s The Sheepshearers Jean-François Millet · 1857 · Art Institute of Chicago Lion Hunt Same era · 1840s–1870s Lion Hunt Eugène Delacroix · 1858 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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