Gustave CourbetFrench, 1819–1877Paysage
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Paysage” now? Collection: Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse. Unknown.
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 959.9
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée de Brou
- Image: Musée de Brou — © C2RMF; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Gustave Courbet
The whole life1873–1877
Swiss exhibitions and young followers
During his exile Courbet took part in Swiss regional and national exhibitions. Surveilled by the Swiss intelligence service, he enjoyed in the small Swiss art world the reputation of head of the “realist school” and inspired younger artists such as Auguste Baud-Bovy and Ferdinand Hodler.
May 1877
The bill for the column: 323,000 francs
In May 1877 the state set the final cost of reconstructing the Vendôme Column at 323,000 francs, which Courbet was to repay in annual instalments of 10,000 francs for the next 33 years.
31 December 1877
Dies a day before the first instalment
On 31 December 1877, a day before the first instalment for the column was due, Courbet died at the age of 58 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, of a liver disease aggravated by the consumption of alcohol.
31 December 1877
Died
