Gustave Courbet, 1863 - Mme L (Laure Borreau) - fine art print

The modern art painting was created by the artist Gustave Courbet. The original measures the size: Framed: 112,4 x 93 x 12,1 cm (44 1/4 x 36 5/8 x 4 3/4 in); Unframed: 81 x 61,2 cm (31 7/8 x 24 1/8 in) and was painted with the technique oil on fabric. Signed lower right: Gustave Courbet / . . 63 was the painting's inscription. The artpiece belongs to the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. The modern art artwork, which belongs to the public domain is provided - courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. In addition, the artpiece has the following creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund. The alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter, sculptor, communard Gustave Courbet was a European artist, whose art style can be classified as Realism. The Realist painter lived for 58 years - born in 1819 in Ornans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France and passed away in 1877 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland.

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• Poster (canvas material): A poster is a UV printed canvas paper with a slightly rough structure on the surface. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin of around 2-6cm around the artwork, which facilitates the framing.
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Painted during Courbet's stay in the Saintonge region of western France, this portrait depicts Laure Borreau, owner of a fabric store and ladies confectionery. As the leader of the Realist movement in France, Courbet aimed to convey his democratic and socialist ideals by portraying ordinary people in a truthful, unidealized manner. While considering himself a radical innovator, Courbet nonetheless exhibited this portrait under the title Mme L... at the Paris Salon of 1863.