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Fan account of Gustave Courbet, a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. 1819-1877 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 4h

Deer in the Forest collections.artsmia.org/art/53

Landscape with deer
Gustave Courbet was an avowed realist, capturing his subjects exactly as they appeared. He painted mainly nudes, portraits and landscapes. An enthusiastic sportsman, he began to specialize in forest and hunting scenes during the late 1850s. Deer in the Forest displays the forthrightness typical of Courbet's mature style. This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 6h

Deer Taking Shelter in Winter www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Deer Taking Shelter in Winter

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 9h

Frankfurt www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Frankfurt

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 11h

In the Forest www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

In the Forest

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 13h

The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait)

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rocky Landscape www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Rocky Landscape

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Greyhounds of the Comte de Choiseul www.slam.org/collection/objects/973

The Greyhounds of the Comte de Choiseul

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Source of the Lison www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Source of the Lison

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Wrestlers www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Wrestlers

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Head of a Wild Boar www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

Head of a Wild Boar

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Three English Girls at a Window www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Three English Girls at a Window

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Standing Fermale Nude www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Standing Fermale Nude

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

L'apôtre Jean Journet partant pour la conquête de l'harmonie universalle collections.artsmia.org/art/43484

L'apôtre Jean Journet partant pour la conquête de l'harmonie universalle

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mère Grégoire www.artic.edu/artworks/4428

As the undisputed leader of the Realist movement, Gustave Courbet played a crucial role in the development of modern French painting. But critics and the public did not easily accept his large, naturalistic, and unsentimental depictions of commonplace, often rural subjects; they called him the “apostle of ugliness.”
The ample, demurely dressed subject of Mère Grégoire was inspired by the heroine of a popular song written in the 1820s by French lyricist Pierre-Jean Béranger. Béranger often penned ribald lyrics; his “Madame Grégoire” was the proprietor of a house of prostitution. Courbet depicted the woman here in the midst of a transaction, with coins scattered on a marble-topped counter and a ledger beneath her right hand. Under her other hand is the small bell she uses to summon one of her female employees. She presumably offers an unseen customer a flower, a symbol of love.
The painting may also have had a political subtext. Béranger and Courbet were fierce opponents of the monarchy and the Second Empire, respectively. In the mid-1850s, when Courbet began his portrait of Mère Grégoire, the government harshly attacked the songs of the popular writer as part of an effort to restrict free expression. Courbet’s decision to portray Béranger’s Madame Grégoire, whose flower exhibits the blue, white, and red of the French flag, may represent a protest not only against government censorship but also against the Second Empire itself, making the subject of this painting into a heroine embodying the rights to freedom in life and love that were forbidden under a repressive regime.

Wilson L. Mead Fund

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the Woods www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

In the Woods

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Gift of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, 1919

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Young Shepherdess www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Young Shepherdess

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The cliffs at Étreat www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The cliffs at Étreat

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chateau du Chillon www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Chateau du Chillon

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Valley at Fontcouvert www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Valley at Fontcouvert

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

River and Rocks www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

From the Collection of James Stillman, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sunset over Lake Leman www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Sunset over Lake Leman

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Loue Valley www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Loue Valley

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Source of the Loue www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Source of the Loue

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Edge of the Pool (Au Bord de l'Etang) www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

The Edge of the Pool (Au Bord de l'Etang)

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Woman in the Waves (The Bather) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Woman in the Waves (The Bather)

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Reflection www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Reflection

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Peasant Wearing Madras www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Peasant Wearing Madras

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seascape www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Seascape

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seascape at Saint Aubin www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Seascape at Saint Aubin

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Hunted Deer, Spring www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Hunted Deer, Spring

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A Young Woman Reading www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

A Young Woman Reading

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sea Coast in Normandy www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Sea Coast in Normandy

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bather Sleeping by a Brook www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Bather Sleeping by a Brook

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Approaching Storm www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Approaching Storm

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910) www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude)

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Calm Sea www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Calm Sea

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Cliffs at Etretat after the storm www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Cliffs at Etretat after the storm

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Reflection www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Reflection

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Marc Trapadoux is Examining the Book of Prints www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Marc Trapadoux is Examining the Book of Prints

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Portrait of Alfred Bruyas (Painting Solution) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Portrait of Alfred Bruyas (Painting Solution)

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Origin of the World www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Origin of the World

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seascape www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Seascape

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Head of Gazelle www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Head of Gazelle

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sea Coast in Normandy www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

Sea Coast in Normandy

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Man Made Mad by Fear www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Man Made Mad by Fear

Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Valley of Les Puits-Noir www.artic.edu/artworks/3546

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Portrait of a Man collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…

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Gustave Courbet @gcourbet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Forest Edge www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/…

The Forest Edge

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