Portrait of Mme L… (Laure Borreau) (1863). Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877). Oil on canvas
Portrait of Mme L… (Laure Borreau) (1863). Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877). Oil on canvas. Museum of Art, Cleveland.Painted during Courbet’s stay in the Saintonge region of western France, this portrait depicts Laure Borreau, owner of a fabric store and ladies confectionery. As the leader of the Realist movement in France, Courbet aimed to convey his democratic and socialist ideals by portraying ordinary people in a truthful, unidealized manner. While considering himself a radical innovator, Courbet nonetheless exhibited this portrait under the title Mme L… at the Paris Salon of 1863.canvas. Museum of Art, Cleveland. -- source link
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