"[They] call me ‘the socialist painter.' I accept that title with pleasure. I am not only a socialist but a democrat and a Republican as well--in a word, a partisan of all the revolution and above all ...

Long before actor Peter Adam Rebadomia reenacted the artwork, or an Instagram comedian photoshopped Timothée Chalamet in Courbet’s place, those familiar with the Desperate Man meme format will recall ...

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 socialist but a Democrat and a Republican ...

After finally agreeing to teach painting, Gustave Courbet brought a cow – rather than a human – to model for his class. The French artist’s conviction that the "living art’’ he sought to paint ...

CORRECTS YEAR TO 1866, NOT 1966-This undated photo taken by Nadar and provided by the BNF (Bibilotheque Nationale de France) shows opera dancer Constance Queniaux. She was a courtesan living from ...

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. Gustave ...

London's Matthiesen Gallery unwittingly gave the painting 'Mother and Child on a Hammock' to a "career criminal" who claimed to be an art dealer.

HOW CAN ONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COURBET YEAR? After all, that`s what I`m hoping this year will become. I saw the major retrospective in Paris last winter, when it was showing at the Galeries ...

PARIS (AP) — She was a courtesan who relied on financial support from rich men —but preferred the company of women— and died with a reputation as an honorable patroness of orphans. These are some of ...