More than 130 oil paintings and works on paper by the provocative artist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), brought together from museums and private collections in Europe and the United States, on display at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris (October 13, 2007-January 28, 2008), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 27-May 18, 2008) and Musée Fabre, Montpellier (June 14-September 28, 2008) in his first full retrospective in more than 30 years. The traveling exhibition explores this controversial artist's career in all media and includes a selection of 19th-century photographs that relate to his work, especially his landscapes and nudes.
For a full review of the exhibition as seen during its New York stay, please see The Original Rock Star: Monsieur Courbet by Beth Gersh-Nesic.
For a full review of the exhibition as seen during its New York stay, please see The Original Rock Star: Monsieur Courbet by Beth Gersh-Nesic.
- The Desperate Man, 1844-45Photo: © Michel Nguyen; used with permission
- The Wounded Man, 1844-54© Musée d'Orsay, Paris; used with permission
- Self-Portrait with Pipe, ca. 1849© Musée Fabre, Montpellier; used with permission
- The Preparation of the Dead Girl, ca. 1850-54© Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts; used with permission
- Young Ladies of the Village, 1851-52© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; used with permission
- The Sleeping Spinner, 1853© Musée Fabre, Montpellier; used with permission
- The Meeting, or Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, 1854© Musée Fabre, Montpellier; used with permission
- The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather, 1849© Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg; used with permission
- The Stream of the Puits-Noirs, Valley of the Loue, 1855© National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; used with permission
- The Shaded Stream at the Puits-Noir, ca. 1860-65© The Baltimore Museum of Art; used with permission
- Mediterranean Sea, Agde - Albumen Print© Musée d'Orsay, Paris; used with permission
- The Wave, 1869© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie; used with permission
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