Courbet
Americannoun
noun
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"Courbet deliberately created the painting for the private sphere; in the 19th century, a public presentation would have been unthinkable," says the exhibition notes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Roughly the size of a magazine cover, “Hammock” is only one of 18 Courbet works that Landau has bought over the years, and it’s hardly the most expensive or significant example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
In a well-reported case last year, a group of feminist artist-activists vandalised a 19th-Century painting of a woman's vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet, calling it misogynistic.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Featured in the bedroom: a rustic tableau by the famed 19th-century realist Gustave Courbet.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The statue of Admiral Courbet in the middle of the square near the bookseller's shop was hit by a bomb.
From General Bramble by André Maurois
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