Gustave Courbet Realism French Landscape Paintings

Gustave Courbet Realism French Landscape Paintings

Gustave Courbet was a realism artist. He was concerned with the problems of the poor and the state of art. During his days, realism was not considered fashionable. When his work got rejected by the Salon, he opened his own Pavilion of Realism in front of the Salon. During his time, art was supposed to teach you a lesson. It should also be original and innovative. As a proponent of this new avant garde art, Courbet tried hard to paint in his own unique way.





Courbet's realism entailed painting something from his own life. Therefore, Courbet never painted angels because he never saw one. He also never painted historical paintings. The only subjects he dealt with were events that took place during his life time. For his radical views, he was eventually exiled out of France. He was forced to pay up for the damages caused by some of his associates. He left France to avoid bankruptcy.  In the end, he got depressed and died a drunkard.

I will now rate some of Courbet's lovely painting. This first painting is called "Firemen Running to a Fire". At a certain date, Courbet saw a fire near his workplace. He made this painting based on that event. The main figures in the foreground are firefighters. All about them some people are watching the fire fighters perform their job. The night scenery is pretty realistic. Truly, this lovely painting deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is another realistic scenery. Close to the foreground we see a lady painting. Beside her, I see a little boy. He might be a servant or something. The scenery she is painting is a beach scenery. This relaxing, realistic, harmonic view of nature deserves 5 stars rating.

This next painting shows a realistic forest scenery. The deer passing by makes this scene even more realistic. This painting shows the harmony of nature. Courbet believed that nature was the ideal teacher. It taught men to live via the essentials. In any case, this lovely landscape deserves 5 stars rating.

This is the last featured landscape painting made by Courbet. It focuses on a huge wave during a stormy day. The subject matter borders on romanticism. However, this was painted realistically speaking. Sometimes nature can make its own epic moment, without the aid of imagination. In any case, this lovely wave deserves 5 stars rating. I have more Gustave Courbet blogs planned for the near future.