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Gustave Courbet Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Gustave Courbet was a French painter known for his realist style, depicting everyday life and social issues of his time. In this timeline game, players will have the opportunity to explore the key events in Courbet’s life and works, gaining a deeper understanding of his impact on the art world.

  • Players will need to correctly place events such as Courbet’s controversial painting “The Origin of the World” and his involvement in the Paris Commune of 1871 in their chronological order.
  • By engaging with Courbet’s timeline, players can see how his art evolved and how he used his work to challenge traditional norms and provoke thought.
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  • June 10, 1819: Gustave Courbet is born in Ornans, France
  • 1837-1838: Courbet studies at the Royal College of Fine Arts in Besançon
  • 1839: Courbet moves to Paris to study law, but decides to pursue painting instead
  • 1844: Courbet's painting 'Self-Portrait with Black Dog' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1849: Courbet's painting 'The Stone Breakers' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1871: Courbet joins the Paris Commune and becomes president of the Federation of Artists
  • 1871: Courbet is elected to the National Assembly of France
  • 1871: Courbet is appointed president of the commission in charge of tearing down the Vendôme Column
  • 1871-1872: Courbet's involvement in the destruction of the Vendôme Column leads to his imprisonment and a hefty fine
  • 1855: Courbet's painting 'The Artist's Studio' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1851: Courbet's painting 'A Burial at Ornans' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1866: Courbet's painting 'The Origin of the World' is completed
  • 1853: Courbet's painting 'The Bathers' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1844-1845: Courbet's painting 'The Desperate Man' is completed
  • 1857: Courbet's painting 'Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1866: Courbet's painting 'Woman with a Parrot' is completed
  • 1868: Courbet's painting 'The Woman in the Waves' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • 1866: Courbet's painting 'Sleep' is completed
  • 1869: Courbet's painting 'The Wave' is exhibited at the Paris Salon
  • December 31, 1877: Gustave Courbet dies in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

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