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Gustave Courbet

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Gustave Courbet: Femme nue au chien | Female Nude with Dog, 1861/62 © Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Photo: Grand Palais Rmn (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

About the Event

Realist and Rebel

Gustave Courbet is considered the most eminent exponent of realism, who boldly defied the idealizing conventions of 19th-century art. A spearhead of a socially committed type of painting, the artist also became known for his political involvement following the demise of the French Empire in 1870 through his role in the 1871 Paris Commune. In his portraits, landscapes and still lifes, the “dreamer” Courbet showed a quiet, contemplative world which appears in contrast to the rapid political and industrial changes of his time. With his self-confident demeanor, the importance he placed on artistic autonomy, his penchant for provocation and his revolutionary style of painting, he became a rebel of the art scene.

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The large-scale retrospective at the Leopold Museum is the first solo exhibition dedicated to Courbet in Austria, featuring works from all periods of the artist’s oeuvre, and affording a comprehensive overview of his painterly and graphic work. The presentation starts with Courbet’s early, iconic self-portraits, and continues via his revolutionary paintings on themes like social realism and artistic bohemianism all the way to his sensually charged female nudes. Further emphases include his landscapes, depicting the region surrounding his native Ornans, powerful seascapes, as well as renderings from his time in Swiss exile.
 

Dates

  • Sun 03/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 03/16/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 03/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 03/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 03/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 03/21/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 03/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 03/23/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 03/25/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 03/26/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 03/27/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 03/28/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 03/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 03/30/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 04/01/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 04/02/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 04/03/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 04/04/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 04/05/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 04/06/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 04/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 04/09/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Wed 04/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 04/16/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 04/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 04/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 04/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 04/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 04/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 04/23/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Sun 04/26/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 04/27/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 04/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Mon 05/04/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 05/06/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 05/07/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 05/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Sun 05/10/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 05/11/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 05/13/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 05/14/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 05/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 05/16/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 05/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 05/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 05/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 05/21/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 05/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 05/23/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 05/24/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 05/25/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 05/27/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 05/28/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 05/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 05/30/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Mon 06/01/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Sun 06/07/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 06/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 06/10/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 06/11/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 06/12/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 06/13/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 06/14/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Mon 06/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 06/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 06/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Fri 06/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 06/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 06/21/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM

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