Well-known author of the painting “the origin of the world” Gustave Courbet
Well-known author of the painting “the origin of the world” Gustave Courbet French artist Gustave Courbet, who wrote the scandalous erotic film “Origin of the world”, shook society of the nineteenth century for his realistic canvases on which he painted historical and biblical scenes, as it was made, and the daily lives of ordinary people. Upstairs Gustave Courbet was born in 1819 in Ornans, a small commune in the French region of Franche-comté, in the family of a prosperous farmer. The love of family and his native region Courbet maintained throughout life and reflected in his paintings. Landscapes of Franche-comté, the artist repeatedly used as the background for his paintings and left many portraits of his relatives, whom he also often portrayed as the characters of his paintings. In 20 years, Courbet came to Paris to go to law school, but later refused from this idea. He spent a lot