Folkwang Museum in Essen reveals Gustave Courbet beyond 'L'Origine du monde'
The exhibition 'Moi, Gustave Courbet, peintre et rebelle' at the Folkwang Museum in Essen reinterprets the legacy of the French artist, moving beyond his famous work 'L'Origine du monde'. This showcase includes loans from private collectors and German institutions, featuring seldom-seen pieces. Among the highlights are self-portraits, photographs by Le Gray, Le Secq, and Carjat, as well as landscapes from Ornans, wave paintings from Etretat and the South of France, and a segment dedicated to Courbet's exile in Switzerland after 1873. Notable works include 'L'Après-dinée à Ornans', a sketch for 'The Stone Breakers', and portraits of his sister Juliette. The exhibition is open until November 8 before moving to the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Moi, Gustave Courbet, peintre et rebelle' at Folkwang Museum, Essen, until November 8.
- Loans from German museums (Folkwang, Frankfurt, Bremen) and private collectors.
- Includes works rarely seen in France, such as portrait of Juliette from Wuppertal and 'L'Apôtre Jean Journet' from Gurlitt collection.
- Thematic sections: self-portraits, photography, Ornans landscapes, wave paintings, Swiss exile.
- Highlights 'L'Après-dinée à Ornans' from Lille and a sketch of 'The Stone Breakers' from Oskar Reinhart collection.
- Explores Courbet's influence on Cézanne with a Bibémus view hung nearby.
- After Essen, the exhibition will travel to Paris (Musée Jacquemart-André).
- Courbet died on December 31, 1877.
Entities
Artists
- Gustave Courbet
- Paul Cézanne
- Camille Pissarro
- Gustave Le Gray
- Henri Le Secq
- Étienne Carjat
- Jules Vallès
Institutions
- Folkwang Museum
- Leopold Museum
- Musée Jacquemart-André
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
- Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
- Oskar Reinhart Collection
- Cornelius Gurlitt Collection
- Nicolas Schilling Collection
- Connaissance des Arts
Locations
- Essen
- Germany
- Vienna
- Austria
- Paris
- France
- Ornans
- Etretat
- Normandy
- Switzerland
- Chillon
- Lake Geneva
- Wuppertal
- Frankfurt
- Bremen
- Lille
- Montpellier
- Bibémus
- Avenue Montaigne