Waves

ID: #8747 | Realism | Sea and ships

Date: 1869

The image shows a rough sea with high, foaming waves. The sky is dark and heavy with dark clouds that suggest a storm. In the foreground is an abandoned wooden boat on the shore by the sea. The scene evokes the power of nature and its irrepressibility. The colours of the painting are deep and dark with accents of light reflecting on the waves and the arches of the clouds. The overall impression is dramatic and compelling.

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Courbet painted picture Waves in 1869. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is long. 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.