Les Baigneuses

Date: 1853
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

The painting depicts two figures in an outdoor setting with lush vegetation. On the left side is a man with his back turned, partially covered by a white cloth, who appears to be running away and has his right hand raised as if he is refusing or warning something. On the right side sits a woman with a dejected expression, dressed in a rich dress with various colorful elements and appears to be pleading or asking the man. The surrounding landscape is dense and dark with accents of green foliage.

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Courbet painted picture Les Baigneuses in 1853. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France. 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.