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Painter · Sculptor
A 19th century French painter and representative of realism. Rather than idealized historical paintings, he depicted workers and local society on a large screen. It shows the relationship between modern art and social consciousness.
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Birth
Paris
Work
The Stone Breakers
1849
Painting
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Born in Ornans, eastern France, he studied painting in Paris. She distanced herself from academic standards of beauty and strengthened her stance toward depicting the reality of her own time and familiarity.
In ``The Stonecutter'' and ``The Burial of Ornans,'' he depicted the daily lives of anonymous people on a scale that resembles a historical painting. By challenging the salon system, he also asserted the independence of artists.
Courbet was also held politically responsible because of his involvement in the Paris Commune. His realism was not only about painting techniques, but also about how to view social reality.
When you study Courbet, you can see that modern art moved away from royalty and aristocracy and myths, and moved toward the expression of the real world and the individual. It also makes it easier to understand the trend from realism to impressionism. There is also a possible relationship between art and political participation.
