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Gustave Courbet, the rebellious father of Realism, trades his usual gritty peasants for a massive, overgrown bush that practically explodes off the canvas. Those dramatic blue mountains in the back hint at his final years in exile in Switzerland, where he fled after political trouble in Paris. Instead of polishing every leaf, he uses thick, chunky slabs of paint to capture the raw, messy energy of nature. It’s a great example of how his 'Realism' was actually paving the way for the loose, wild style of the Impressionists who came next.
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