Courbet: Mapping Realism - Jeffery W. Howe - Bog

Gustave Courbet (1819-77) was a French artist whose work heralded the realist movement of the nineteenth century, and his paintings have had a profound influence on other artists from around the world, including Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, and Paul Cezanne. This title looks at the artist's reception on both sides of the Atlantic.