Courbet

[ koor-be ]

noun

1. Gus·tave [g, y, s-, tav], 1819–77, French painter.

Courbet

/ kurbɛ /

noun

1. CourbetGustave18191877MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life

Example Sentences

It is at once confining and infinitely sinuous, so at Biennale-time it abounds with situations I call Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!

From The Daily Beast

Pierre Courbet, a stocking weaver, was torn from his loom by an armed band, and shot at his own door.

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He never execrated Courbet and denounced ce damn Ralisme so violently as in the autumn of 1867.

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With Courbet, we come to an influence which cannot be doubted, much as Whistler regretted it as time went on.

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They not only studied in the Louvre, but joined the group at Bonvin's studio to work from the model under Courbet.

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M. Duret even sees in Courbet's "Manifestoes" forerunners of Whistler's letters at a later date to the papers.

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