Women giving alms small cowherd

Date: 1852

The painting shows a group of people in historical clothing outside in a meadow. Three women and one girl are dressed in long dresses and hats typical of the period around the 19th century. A dog is standing next to them and two cows are grazing by a cliff in the background. The scenery exudes peaceful rural life and interaction between the characters, animals and nature.

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Courbet painted picture Women giving alms small cowherd in 1852. Prevailing color of this fine art print is green and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877). French painter regarded as a leading figure of French realism of the 19th century. In 1839, he went to study law in Paris, but instead devoted himself to painting (he copied works by Spanish, Venetian and Dutch masters). His first success was in the Salon in 1849, when he received the gold medal for his painting Afternoon in Ornans. Courbet was inspired by Dutch masters ( Rembrandt, Hals and others). His influence was also Giorgione and Tizian. In the beginning, he pursued the track of austere rules tied to academicism that, for his open-minded nature, was too strict. He therefore painted according to the romanticists (Delacroix and Géricault). With the painting Funeral in Ornans, in which he captured his grandfather’s funeral, he distanced himself from romanticism and has since been considered a painter of realism.