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Gustave Courbet - Courbet Autoportrait
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Français : L'homme à la pipeEnglish: Self-portrait with pipe. It is a relatively popular image of him; three copies were made. It shows him smoking pot, which was taboo at the time.Deutsch: Es ist ein Selbstportrait. Es ist ein relativ beliebtes Bild, von ihm wurden drei Kopien angefertigt. Es zeigt ihn beim Haschischrauchen. Ein Skandal zu dieser Zeit.
Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) was a controversial French painter, who bridged the gap between Romanticism and the Impressionist school of painters. He was controversial not only because he addressed social issues with his work, such as peasants and the working condition of the poor, and the rural bourgeoisie, but also because of the unsentimental way in which he portrayed them. Unlike the Romantic school of painters, Courbet did not use smooth lines and soft forms
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