From medieval psalters to the oils of Gustave Courbet, the Louvre has organized one of the most comprehensive surveys of a cultural motif that is both beguiling and timely.

Gustave Courbet, Portrait de l’artiste dit Le Fou ... And with the material means of art, the artist is able to create a dialectic between interior and exterior that everyone can witness.

The Dallas Museum of Art has a painting by Gustave Courbet, one of the most influential French artists from the 19th century. Courbet led the realism movement, abandoning the romantic painters and ...