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Clearing in a Forest

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Courbet was not a prolific draughtsman, but this study of a forest scene may have been made in the forest of Fontainebleau, where many artists associated with the Barbizon school came to paint. Courbet was not a close member of this group, although he exhibited several landscape paintings at the Salon. He also travelled to Germany in 1858, where he also painted several forest scenes.

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Title Clearing in a Forest
Material and technique Black, white and blue chalk, on grey paper
Object type
Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 188 mm
Width 302 mm
Artists Draughtsman: Gustave Courbet
Accession number F II 187 (PK)
Credits Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date 1940
Creation date in circa 1856-1858
Collector Collector / Franz Koenigs
Internal exhibitions Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992)
De Collectie Twee - wissel IX, Prenten & Tekeningen (2011)
De Collectie Twee - wissel VII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010)
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Technique
Highlight > Painting technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin France > Western Europe > Europe

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Gustave Courbet

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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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