Wave

ID: #2401 | Realism | Sea and ships

Date: 1870
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

The image depicts a stormy sea with massive waves and dark, dramatic clouds. In the foreground of the scene, a small boat is seen attached to the shore and another small boat floating freely on the water. The sky and sea appear inhospitable, suggesting an approaching or ongoing storm.

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Courbet painted picture Wave in 1870. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 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.