Lovers

ID: #2290 | Realism | Portraits

Date: 1844
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France

The painting depicts a man and a woman in a romantic embrace. The man has a beard and long hair, and is dressed in dark, historical clothing. The woman, with delicate features and a soft expression, is turned towards him and her hand is placed on his chest. The pair appear to be enveloped in a mysterious, grey background, giving the scene an air of intimacy and tranquility. The light subtly emphasizes their faces and the intimate moment between them.

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Courbet painted picture Lovers in 1844. Prevailing color of this fine art print is b&W and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877). French painter regarded as a leading figure of French realism of the 19th century. In 1839, he went to study law in Paris, but instead devoted himself to painting (he copied works by Spanish, Venetian and Dutch masters). His first success was in the Salon in 1849, when he received the gold medal for his painting Afternoon in Ornans. Courbet was inspired by Dutch masters ( Rembrandt, Hals and others). His influence was also Giorgione and Tizian. In the beginning, he pursued the track of austere rules tied to academicism that, for his open-minded nature, was too strict. He therefore painted according to the romanticists (Delacroix and Géricault). With the painting Funeral in Ornans, in which he captured his grandfather’s funeral, he distanced himself from romanticism and has since been considered a painter of realism.