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| Gustave Courbet
(1819 - 1877)
| Timeline |
| 1819 |
Born 10 June in Ornans |
| 1839 |
Arrives in Paris, enters the studio of Charles Steuben |
| 1847 |
Travels to Holland |
| 1849 |
Returns to Ornans, where his father has prepared a studio for him |
| 1855 |
When The Artist's Studio was refused by the Universal Exhibition, Courbet erects his own exhibition, Le Réalisme, in a tent and charges admission |
| 1856 |
Visits Germany |
| 1870 |
Placed in charge of all art museums under the revolutionary Commune of Paris - Courbet saves the city's collections from looting mobs |
| 1870 |
Refuses the Legion of Honour offered him |
| 1871 |
The commune falls, and Courbet is arrested and imprisoned for allowing the destruction of Napoleon's triumphal column in the Place Vendôme |
| 1872 |
Released from prison, moves to Switzerland |
| 1877 |
Dies 31 December in the town of La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland |
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