I didn't recognize the painter's name, and thought he was just another mid-Victorian landscape painter, but with a less romantic, more rugged view of his subject. Who knew he was so controversial and the father of French realism, a real rule breaker, among other things. Beautiful painting; oddly Canadian type of subject matter, given the amount of water, rock and untamed bush we have. Thanks for this; it's gorgeous.
I didn't recognize the painter's name, and thought he was just another mid-Victorian landscape painter, but with a less romantic, more rugged view of his subject. Who knew he was so controversial and the father of French realism, a real rule breaker, among other things. Beautiful painting; oddly Canadian type of subject matter, given the amount of water, rock and untamed bush we have.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this; it's gorgeous.
It looks northern Michigan piney woods to be but yes, I had never heard of Courbet either.
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