Biography of Gustave Courbet
Gustav Courbet – French artist, was born in the city of Ornan.
In 1839 he moved to Paris. It was there that the painting was taught in the biography of Courbet. Basically, he learned by copying masterpieces in the Louvre. In 1847 his work “Wounded Man” was criticized without taking it to the salon. However, the two earlier paintings of Courbet were adopted.
He first received the public’s attention thanks to “After Dinner at Ornans” in 1849. The following year there were exhibited “Funeral at Ornans”, “Stonebreakers”. Thanks to the choice of objects from ordinary life, stubbornness, the courage of the artist, his work was often insulted. Enjoying the tragedy, Courbet has grown in time to protect his works, expressions of newly acquired political radicalism.
In 1855, Courbet presented the work “Painter’s Studio”. Contested by academic artists, he organized his own room, where he exhibited 40 paintings, and also issued a manifesto of realism. Continuing to provoke, Courbet twice tried to put his paintings in the cabin in the 1860’s, he was denied. Nevertheless, during this decade the biography of Gustave Courbet became known as the history of the leader of the realistic school of painting. His influence became enormous.
In the Paris Commune Courbet was President of the Federation of Arts. After the fall of the Vendome column, Courbet was unjustly convicted, imprisoned. In 1873, he fled to Switzerland, where he spent several years in poverty. In spite of this, his aesthetic theories were not intended for distribution. Pictures Courbet delight with frankness, energy, solid composition.
Related posts:
- Biography of Lionel Feininger Lionel Feininger – American artist, illustrator, was born in New York. For his biography Feininger studied painting in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris. He was an illustrator and cartoonist of several periodicals in Paris and Germany. In addition, his humorous page was published weekly in the Chicago Tribune in 1906-1907, until Lionel moved to drawing for the […]...
- Biography of Paul Cezanne Paul Cezanne – French artist, was born in Aix-en-Provence. Biography Cezanne is known as the history of the leader of the abstract art revolution in contemporary painting. From an early age Paul was a friend of Emile Zola, who from time to time supported the work of Cezanne. In 1861, the artist went to Paris, […]...
- Biography of Nicholas Roerich Nicholas Roerich is a Russian artist, writer, traveler, archaeologist. Artistic education in the biography of Nicholas Roerich was received at the Academy of Fine Arts. There from 1893 to 1897 he studied with the famous master – Kuinjy. Then he continued his studies at the Cormona studio in Paris. Roerich was a member of the […]...
- Biography of Ivan Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is an artist, an activist. Ivan was born on July 29, 1817 in Feodosia. The first years of Aivazovsky’s biography passed in poverty as a result of his father’s ruin. But all the same, he managed to enter the gymnasium of Simferopol. His passion for painting led him to the walls of […]...
- Biography of Peter Rubens Peter Paul Rubens is an artist, painter of the Baroque era. Rubens was born in Siegen, there he spent the first years of his life, and in 1587, finally, with his family returned to Antwerp, where his father was once the foreman. The first formation in the biography of Rubens was received at the Jesuit […]...
- Biography of Viktor Vasnetsov Victor Mihajlovich Vasnetsov – the well-known Russian painter. This outstanding artist decorated the treasury of Russian art with canvases for historical and folklore motifs. Childhood and youth Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich was born on May 3, 1848 in the village of Lopyal, Vyatka province, in the family of a priest. In view of his origin, the […]...
- Biography of Isaak Levitan Isaak Ilich Levitan is a Russian landscape painter. Isaak was born on August 18, 1860 in the Kovno Province, the village of Kibarty, in a highly educated family. His father had several languages, he was a teacher. In the 1870s, he moved to Moscow with his family. Isaak from childhood was fond of drawing, so […]...
- Biography of Edgar Degas Edgar Degas is a French painter, sculptor, born in Paris to a banker’s family. Despite the fact that originally Edgar Degas studied law in the biography, he left this occupation for teaching painting. Degas studied at the School of Fine Arts, and then in Italy, copying well-known masters of the 15th, 16th centuries. A gifted […]...
- Biography of Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer – German painter, engraver, theorist, the most influential personality of the German school, was born in Nuremberg. Being the son of a jeweler, Durer spent some time in his biography working as a student, first in his father’s workshop. Since 1489, he worked in the studio of the artist Michael Wolgemut. After graduation […]...
- Biography of Jean Louis Zherico Jean Louis André Theodore Gérico is a French artist. Education in the biography of Géricault was held by famous masters of that time – Vernet and Gerena. In their studio, Jean Louis met Delacroix. In 1812, the exhibition “Cavalry Officer” was held, and two years later – “Wounded Cuirassier”. From 1816 to 1817, Géricault studied […]...
- Biography of Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich – an artist, famous in the genre of avant-garde, impressionism, futurism, cubism. Kazimierz was born on February 23, 1878 in Kiev to a family with Polish roots. The first drawing paints in his biography Kazimir Malevich performed at the age of 15. Since then he began to master the art of painting […]...
- Biography of Agnolo Bronzino Agnolo Bronzino is a Florentine artist, one of the leading representatives of Mannerism. The real name in the biography of Bronzino was Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano. He was a pupil, as well as the adoptive son of Jacopo Pontormo. Continuing his traditional style, Bronzino showed great artistic skill in portraits. He portrayed many exquisite, […]...
- Biography of Karl Bryullov Karl Pavlovich Bryullov is an artist. Born on December 12, 1799 in St. Petersburg in a creative family. Education in the biography of Karl Bryullov was received at the Petersburg Academy of Arts, which he graduated with a gold medal. In 1822 he went to Italy, where he created several thematic paintings, and also copied […]...
- Biography of Francois Boucher Francois Boucher is a French artist. Most works in the biography of Bush reflect the spirit of his era. They are elegant, frivolous, unnatural. Bushe studied mainly with Francois le Moin, but was also influenced by Watteau, many of whose works he engraved. At the age of 20, Boucher received the Grand Prix, and from […]...
- Biography of Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is a Spanish artist. Staying under the influence of futurism, in 1924, in the biography of Dali, a transition to the direction of the Italian artist de Chirico. By 1929, Dali became the leader in surrealism. Strictly realistic style reinforced the obsessive nightmare effect of many of his paintings. Among the most famous […]...
- Biography of Ilya Repin Ilya Efimovich Repin is an artist, famous for portraits, as well as depicting historical, everyday scenes. Ilya was born in Chuguev on July 24, 1844. The teaching of painting in the biography of Repin began at the age of thirteen. And in 1863 he moved to Petersburg to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. […]...
- Biography of Ivan Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin – a great Russian artist, academician. Ivan was born in the city of Elabuga in Vyatka province on January 25, 1832 in a merchant family. The first education in Shishkin’s biography was received at the Kazan Gymnasium. After studying there for 4 years, Shishkin entered the School of Painting in Moscow. After […]...
- Biography of John Singleton Copley John Singleton Copley is an American portrait painter, was born in Boston. Copley is considered one of the greatest American masters. He studied with his stepfather, Peter Pelham, and also visited the studio Smiert and Fick. When the artist was 20 years old, Copley’s biography was already known as the story of a successful portrait […]...
- Biography of Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin – French artist, graphic artist, engraver, was born in Paris in the family of a journalist and Franco-Peruvian. At the beginning of his biography Paul Gauguin was a sailor, later a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874, he began to paint, at first on the weekends. By the age of 35, with the […]...
- Biography of John Constable John Constable is an English painter, was born in Suffolk. The biographies of Constable and Turner are considered to be leading in the English art of the landscape of the 19th century. Constable became famous for his images of the places Suffolk, Hampstead, Salisbury, Brighton. Being the son of a prosperous miller, he discovered artistic […]...
- Biography of Raphael Rafael is an artist, an architect of the era of the High Renaissance. Rafael was born on March 24, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. The first training in artistic skill in the biography of Raphael was conducted by his father – Giovanni Santi. Having remained an orphan at 11, Rafael began to study with Pietro Perugino, […]...
- Biography Honore Daumier Honore Daumier is a French cartoonist, painter, sculptor. Biography Daumier is widely known as the story of the great social satirist of his days. Being the son of a Marseilles glazier, he moved with his family to Paris in 1816. There he was educated at Lenoir, he also studied lithography. Soon, Daumier began to perform […]...
- Biography of Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Hart Benton – American artist, was born in Neosho, Missouri. He is the grand-nephew of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, the son of congressman patron E. Benton. In 1906, 1907 in his biography Benton attended the Institute of Art of Chicago. At the age of 19, Thomas moved to Paris, where he stayed for five […]...
- Biography of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot – French landscape painter, was born in Paris. Koro was one of the most influential artists of the 19th century. The son of the store owner, he worked in a textile shop until 1822. It was this year in the biography of Jean-Baptiste Corot began his passion for painting. Classical landscape painters […]...
- Biography of Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh is an artist who paints in the style of post-impressionism. Born Vincent on March 30, 1853 in the Netherlands. The first education in the biography of Vincent van Gogh was obtained at the age of seven in a village school. A year later he began to study at home. And already in […]...
- Biography of Stendhal Stendhal is a writer, the founder of a realistic novel. Born Stendhal January 23, 1783 in the city of Grenoble. The father of the future writer was a lawyer. As a child, Stendhal lost his mother in his biography. And the education of the boy was mainly engaged in the grandfather, who was familiar with […]...
- Biography of Artemisia Gentileski Artemisia Gentileski – a Tuscan artist, daughter and student of Orazio Gentileski, was born in Rome. At the beginning of her biography, Artemisia Gentileschi studied painting with her father, then Agostino Tassi. He was a colleague of her father, who was later convicted of raping another teenager Artemisia in 1612. A few years later she […]...
- Summary Mrs. Bovary Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert Mrs. Bovary The young physician Charles Bovary first saw Emma Ruo when he was summoned to the farm of her father who broke his leg. Emma had a blue wool dress with three frills. Her hair was black, smoothly combed in front on the straight parting, cheeks pink, eyes of large black eyes […]...
- Biography of Lucas Cranach Lucas Cranach is a German painter, engraver. As the son of the artist, Lucas has always lived in Wittenberg since 1504. Kranach’s biography is known as the history of the artist at the court, serving three successive elected Saxons. Cranach headed the workshop, twice was elected burgomaster. In addition, Lucas was a close friend of […]...
- Biography of Taras Shevchenko Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko is an outstanding poet, an artist. Born March 9, 1814 in the Kiev province in the village of Morintsy. First in Shevchenko’s biography the mother was lost, then in 1825 her father died. So began his hard, harsh life. Soon he learned to read and write, began to draw a little. In […]...
- Biography Annibale Caracci Annibale Caracci – Italian artist, engraver. Biography Annibale Caracci is known as the history of the artist with incredible skill, versatility. He was a disciple of Lodovico Caracci. Seven years, Annibale conducted in the study of the works of the masters, especially Correggio, Parmigianino, in Venice and Parma. Returning to Bologna, he joined the management […]...
- The Painting by Willem de Kooning “Woman” Willem De Kooning is one of the greatest abstractions of the past and the present. It is recognized during his lifetime as the leader of abstract expressionism of the last century. It is worth saying that his painting “Woman III” herds one of the most expensive paintings in the world. In 2006, this picture was […]...
- Biography of Alexander Arkhipenko Alexander Arkhipenko is a Ukrainian-American sculptor, was born in Kiev. In 1906, he moved to Moscow, and in 1908 – to Paris. There in the biography of Arkhipenko was laid the beginning of the development of his cubic technique in sculpture. In 1910 Alexander opened his own art school in Paris. In 1921, he moved […]...
- Biography of Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch or Jerome Bos is a Flemish painter. The original surname in the biography of Bosch was van Aken. Bosch is associated with the city of Gertogenbosch, where he was born and worked. Little is known about his life and upbringing. It is only true that Bosch was born into a family of artists. […]...
- Biography of Robert Kampen Robert Kampen is a Flemish painter who, together with van Eyck, is considered the founder of the Dutch school. Kampen’s biography is identified with the Flemish master because of the three flaps of the altar in Frankfurt am Main. Earlier it was mistakenly believed that these paintings came from the city of Liege. Kampen was […]...
- Biography of Edward Burne-Jones Sir Edward Burne-Jones – English artist, designer, was born in Birmingham. Bern-Jones enrolled in Exeter College, Oxford. There he met William Morris, who became his lifelong friend. Edward left college to study painting in London with Rossetti. Early works of Bern-Jones show the influence on the artist of the Rossetti style, which was later replaced […]...
- Biography of Constantine Brancusi Constantine Brancusi is a Romanian sculptor. Biography Brancusi considered as one of the foremost modern creators. In 1904 he went to Paris. Because of the radical, economical style, his abstract works “The Kiss”, “Sleeping Muse”, a portrait of Miss Pogani were the object of great controversy. Brancusi has changed his technique from modeling to carving. […]...
- Biography of Eugene Delacroix Eugene Delacroix is a French artist. Biography Delacroix is known as the foremost artist of the romantic movement in France. His influence on art as an artist-colorist is invaluable enormously. Delacroix enriched his neoclassical training with a keen interest in the works of Ruben, Michelangelo, Veronese, the Venetian school, and later Constable, Bonington and English […]...
- Painting Manet “Breakfast on the grass” “Breakfast on the grass” – a picture of the great French artist-impressionist Edward Manet (1832-1883). The original title of the painting is “Bathing”. The picture became really scandalous and was subjected to great criticism, but now occupies an honorable place among the masterpieces of world painting. The picture “Breakfast on the grass” was written in […]...
- Biography of Jan van Eyck Jan Van Eyck is a Flemish painter, brother of Hubert van Eyck. Of the two brothers, the elder Hubert was less famous. On the biography of Hubert van Eyck little reliable information. Jan van Eyck was an artist at the court of John of Holland and Philip of Burgundy. During the service of the Duke […]...