Gustave Courbet
Subtitle: A Biography (Da Capo Paperback)
Edition: New Impression edition
Publisher: Da Capo
Published: September 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780306803758
Subjects: Biography: general; Individual artists; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; General; Biography & Autobiography / General; 1819-1877; Biography; Courbet, Gustave; Courbet, Gustave,; France; Painters
First sentence: THE LITTLE town of Ornans is situated in the heart of the ancient province of the Franche-Comte near the Swiss frontier, a mountainous region criss-crossed in every direction by the alpine foothills.