For many years Courbet was an innovative realist, who attempted to depict the world around him as accurately as possible. In later life his painting style became looser under the influence of Impressionism. This landscape is an example of this later style.
Specifications
| Title | Mountainous landscape with fruit trees in Ornans |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 54 cm Height 45 cm |
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| Artists |
Painter:
Gustave Courbet
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| Accession number | VdV 9 |
| Credits | Loan Foundation Willem van der Vorm, 1972 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1972 |
| Creation date | in 1873 |
| Collector | Collector / Willem van der Vorm |
| Internal exhibitions |
De verzameling Willem van der Vorm. Schilderijen van Hollandse en Franse meesters uit de 17e en 19e eeuw (1950) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Gustave Courbet and Nature (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Gustave Courbet
Ornans 1819 - La Tour-de-Peilz 1877
Gustave Courbet studied at the Academy of Besançon and then at the Académie Suisse in Paris. Courbet made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1844. Four years...
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