Seascape
Artist
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)French, 1819–1877
CultureFrench
Titles
- Seascape
Datec. 1865
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 35 1/4 × 45 3/4 in. (89.5 × 116.2 cm)
frame: 43 1/8 × 53 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (109.5 × 135.9 × 6.4 cm)
frame: 43 1/8 × 53 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (109.5 × 135.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Poses
Object number57.51
Non exposé
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Fourteenth to Twentieth Centuries for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, The Museum of Art, Ehine, Japan (April 13 - May 30, 1999), Chiba Prefectural Muesum of Art, Japan, (June 5 - July 11, 1999), Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Japan (July 17 - August 22, 1999), Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan (August 28 - October 3, 1999), cat. no. 63.
L'oro e l'Azzurro, I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, Organizzazione Linea d'ombra, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, October 9, 2003 - March 7, 2004
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.
"l'Oro e l'Azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cezanne a Bonnard," Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, October 11, 2003–March 7, 2004..
"Courbet and the Modern Landscape," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 18–September 10, 2006.
"Mediterraneo da Courbet a Monet a Matisse," Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, November 27, 2010–May 1, 2011.
Published References Masterpieces of European Painting from the Fourteenth to Twentieth Centuries for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, The Museum of Art, Ehine, Japan (April 13 - May 30, 1999), Chiba Prefectural Muesum of Art, Japan, (June 5 - July 11, 1999), Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Japan (July 17 - August 22, 1999), Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan (August 28 - October 3, 1999), pp. 178-179 cat. no. 63. Edgar Peters Bowron and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, p. 146-147, 147 (illus.)
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