Gustave Courbet. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Through May 18. Gustave Courbet was a man of his time. He believed he was, as well, the man of the hour. Courbet had no patience with the ...

Gustav Courbet’s “La Source du Lison” (1864) was found in a basement at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. (image courtesy University of Pennsylvania) ...

Courbet is often described as the genius at the source of all of modern art. That makes perfect sense, especially if you jump right from him to the most radical work of the past 40 years.

Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877) was a deeply controversial figure. Slurred as a ‘socialist painter’ he said, “I accept that title with pleasure. I am not only a ...

Restoratioin of Gustave Courbet, A Burial at Ornans (1849–50) at Musée d’Orsay. Photo: Thibaud Moritz / AFP via Getty Images. There is, by the museum’s own admission, much to address.

The exhibition "At the Source: A Courbet Landscape Rediscovered" in the Arthur Ross Gallery is on display from Feb. 4 to May 28. Credit: Anna Vazhaeparambil Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery unveiled a new ...

The foolish leader cannot become wise because the leader is led by the crowds and their madness. Gustave Courbet, Portrait de l’artiste dit Le Fou de peur, vers 1844-1848.

Courbet demonstrated to the next generation of great artists—Manet, Monet, Cezanne and many others—that it is possible to succeed artistically and economically apart from government approval.

A woman watches art restorers working at the painting "A burial at Ornans" by Gustave Courbet, from behind a glass window at the Orsay museum, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 in Paris.