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| Keywords: Beach at Dieppe by Gustave Courbet.jpg A prolific artist Courbet was well-known for his portraits and narrative paintings He usually depicted nature in its more serene moods but in this painting and the adjacent The Wave he has portrayed the fury and treachery of the elements These sea landscapes are two of his later works Angry seas had been a popular theme during the early years of the nineteenth century The emphasis had often been on the heightened emotional and dramatic qualities inherent in the subject Courbet considered to be the father of Realism would not paint a subject with which he had no experience He stated The art of painting can consist only in the representation of objects visible and tangible to the painter He did not idealize or dramatize the tempestuous waves; he portrayed the scene as he saw it Nevertheless there is a foreboding quality in the motion of the waves against the darkened background There is no sign of human life Only the brightness of the small area of turquoise sky seems to lighten the atmosphere 1865-1870 Oil on canvas Institution Phoenix Art Museum place of discovery object history exhibition history Leonardo da Vinci ™s Codex Leicester and the Power of Observation Phoenix Art Museum credit line Phoenix Art Museum accession number 1961 138 place of creation http //egallery phxart org/view/objects/asitem/items 0040 10377 PD-old-70-1923 Paintings in the Phoenix Art Museum Gustave Courbet | ||||
