Art
Gustave Courbet
- When
Feb 27, 2008 – May 18, 2008
Tuesdays–Thursdays (9:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (9:30am–9pm)
Sundays (9:30am–5:30pm)
- Where
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 212.535.7710) Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- Price
- $20
- Details
- http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B13F483EC-3584-41B6-913A-1FE9D6181CBB%7D
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Gustave Courbet was the Damien Hirst of his day, never shying away from controversy; he was also a terrific artist, making modern paintings before the groundswell of modernism. The Met presents the first survey of the iconoclastic painter in nearly 30 years, charting Courbet's development through 130 works, alongside the 19th-century landscape photographs and nudes that influenced him. It's hard to imagine now, but Courbet caused quite a scandal in Parisian art circles with his paintings of everyday people, brooding landscapes, and frankly sexual nudes rendered in roughly applied layers of paint.
– H.G. Masters
