Rocky Landscape with Deer
1860s
Gustave Courbet, the rebellious father of Realism, traded Parisian salons for the rugged cliffs of his native Franche-Comté region to paint scenes like this. You can almost feel the damp chill of the rocky gorge where two deer pause near a stream, rendered with his signature thick, energetic brushstrokes that make the stone look heavy and solid. He believed artists should only paint what they can actually see, rejecting idealized mythology for raw, unpolished nature—and he often hunted the very animals he depicted!
- Technique
- Oil painting
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