# Gustave Courbet

French, 1819–1877; born in Ornans; died in La Tour-de-Peilz

Courbet left his native Ornans for Paris and became the standard-bearer of Realism, painting ordinary people and his own region on the scale reserved for history painting, as in A Burial at Ornans. When works were refused for the 1855 Exposition Universelle, he showed them in his own Pavilion of Realism. He also painted landscapes, seascapes and hunting scenes. After the Paris Commune of 1871 he was held responsible for the toppling of the Vendôme Column and spent his last years in exile in Switzerland.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

7 works in the collection.

- [Mère Grégoire](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mere-gregoire-aic-4428), Gustave Courbet, 1855, reworked 1857–59. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Rock of Hautepierre](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-rock-of-hautepierre-aic-27027), Gustave Courbet, c. 1869. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Wooded Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wooded-landscape-aic-29401), Gustave Courbet, 1860–65. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Cliff at Étretat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-cliff-at-etretat-cma-110953), Gustave Courbet, after 1872. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/panoramic-view-of-the-alps-les-dents-du-midi-cma-141168), Gustave Courbet, 1877. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Woman with a Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-with-a-parrot-met-436002), Gustave Courbet, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Young Ladies of the Village](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/young-ladies-of-the-village-met-438820), Gustave Courbet, 1851–52. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.