A great survey exhibition might be devoted to the studio as subject and stimulus in modern art. It could begin with Courbet's masterpiece of self-advertisement, "The Painter's Studio" (1854-55 ...

The 19th-century French realist Gustave Courbet once gave up on a statue of a fisher boy “because my studio does not allow me to have anyone pose in the nude in winter.” ...

Art Behind the Meme: Courbet’s Unhinged Self-Portrait The hair-wringing portrait has had its fair share of Internet fame. Gustave Courbet, Self-portrait (The Desperate Man) , 1843–45.

This summer, the Chicago Public Library is offering children various art activities to help them express themselves.

“Picasso: The Artist’s Studio” is a collaborative exhibit between the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum. It opens here at the Atheneum on Saturday and continues through Oct. 21.

In 1854, Gustave Courbet wrote to his friend and patron, Alfred Bruyas, asking him to send a photograph of a nude woman that the two had previously discussed, because he wanted to include her in the ...

Gustave Courbet claimed to paint only “real and existing things,” yet an 1864 photograph of his studio suggests otherwise. In it, a life-sized female effigy sits propped against the wall.

Gustave Courbet was already an art star but still itching for greater renown when he took matters into his own bold hands in 1855. Dissatisfied with the works representing him in the official ...