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Courbet
[ koor-be ]
noun
- Gus·tave [g, y, s-, tav], 1819–77, French painter.
Courbet
/ kurbɛ /
noun
- CourbetGustave18191877MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life
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It is at once confining and infinitely sinuous, so at Biennale-time it abounds with situations I call Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!
Pierre Courbet, a stocking weaver, was torn from his loom by an armed band, and shot at his own door.
He never execrated Courbet and denounced ce damn Ralisme so violently as in the autumn of 1867.
With Courbet, we come to an influence which cannot be doubted, much as Whistler regretted it as time went on.
They not only studied in the Louvre, but joined the group at Bonvin's studio to work from the model under Courbet.
M. Duret even sees in Courbet's "Manifestoes" forerunners of Whistler's letters at a later date to the papers.
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