Gustave Courbet

Dieppe – The Artists – Courbet, Gustave

October 14, 2021 / ° Artists, Dieppe, Normandy, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet

Movements: Realism

Jean Desire Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Born in a prosperous farming family, anti-monarchical feelings prevailed in the household (His maternal grandfather fought in the French Revolution.) Courbet’s sisters, Zoe, Zelie and Juliette, were his first models for drawing and painting. After moving to Paris he often returned home to Ornans to hunt, fish and find inspiration.

Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19th-century French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.

Courbet’s paintings of the late 1840s and early 1850s brought him his first recognition. They challenged convention by depicting unidealized peasants and workers, often on a grand scale traditionally reserved for paintings of religious or historical subjects. Courbet’s subsequent paintings were mostly of a less overtly political character: landscapes, seascapes, hunting scenes, nudes, and still lifes.

Courbet, a socialist, was active in the political developments of France. Courbet associated his ideas of realism in art with political anarchism, and, having gained an audience, he promoted democratic and socialist ideas by writing politically motivated essays and dissertations. His familiar visage was the object of frequent caricature in the popular French press. He was imprisoned for six months in 1871 for his involvement with the Paris Commune, and lived in exile in Switzerland from 1873 until his death.

Click here to read Courbet’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1870 - Gustave Courbet - Beach at Dieppe
1870 – Gustave Courbet – Beach at Dieppe

Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer

Saint-Aubin lies to the West of Dieppe, along the coastline.

1865 - Gustave Courbet - The Beach of Saint Aubin
1865 – Gustave Courbet – The Beach of Saint Aubin
1867 - Gustave Courbet - The Beach of Saint Aubin
1867 – Gustave Courbet – The Beach of Saint Aubin
1872 - Gustave Courbet - Seascape of Saint Aubin
1872 – Gustave Courbet – Seascape of Saint Aubin
???? - Gustave Courbet - Fishing Boats at St.Aubin
???? – Gustave Courbet – Fishing Boats at St.Aubin

Courbet painted throughout France, but notably a lot in Normandy. Here are the places he painted in France ( a link “⇠” to his works will appear below when published):

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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