From medieval psalters to the oils of Gustave Courbet, the Louvre has organized one of the most comprehensive surveys of a ...
A rarely-seen trove of European drawings spanning 500 years will be on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art from January 16–April 27, 2025.
Through this maelstrom, Smee, a Pulitzer-winning art critic, traces the stories of several engaging personalities: Gustave Courbet, the scandalous realist painter naively committed to revolution ...
The background of Self-portrait with Black Dog (Gustave Courbet, early 1840s) is painted with the brightest tones and largely in the most detail. The artist and dog are mostly shown using darker ...