This month’s playlist features the famous French realist painter, recognised for his realism and who was inspired in his early career by old masters' works, with this influence visible in Forest in Autumn.
Courbet caused a sensation when he exhibited a series of paintings at the Paris Salon of 1850–51. The works depicted workers and other motifs from his native Ornans that defied the genre standards of the times.
A slightly melancholic and nostalgic playlist this Autumn—looking back at simpler times…
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