Courbet painted, landscapes, seascapes, still-lifes and figurative compositions. He was known for depicting the harshness in life, challenging the conventions of his time. He believed in painting from direct experience. He often tackled controversial topics such as social issues and erotic themes. Many of his contemporaries considered him to be a socialist and a savage.
Courbet said this of himself: I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead let this be said of me: He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any régime except the régime of liberty.
A Burial at Ornans
Preparation of the Dead Girl
The Artist's Studio
The Raft of the Medusa
The Origin of the World
The Grain Sifters
The Stone Breakers
Hammock
The Wounded Man
Woman with White Stockings
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