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Landscape from La Source Bleue
In his landscapes, Courbet often painted his native countryside in eastern France – as in this painting of a deep-blue spring in the region of Ornans. Courbet avoided romantic and picturesque views, favouring a more realistic and unsentimental portrayal of nature. His interest in geology is expressed in his fascination for depicting rough rock surfaces and eroding cliffs. In this painting, the har…
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1872
- 1872
Provenance
- Donation made in 1919 by Kristoffer Huldt through Nationalmusei Vänner
Identifier
- NM 2166
- 19226
Extent
- Mått 82 x 99 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1872
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:17.031Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:47.995Z