1. Gustave COURBET presented by the students of 4°A (Sainte Jeanne d’arc Morteau.)

2. The biography of Courbet (a painter from Franche comté) Gustave COURBET was born in a wealthy family, in Ornans on June 10th 1819. Very early attracted by the arts, he studied drawing in his hometown before joining the School of Fine Arts. He attended a law school but totally focused on painting from 1840 (Odalisque). After making a few rich and expressive paintings, he travelled to Holland and England. Following his meeting with Prudhon, he became a defender of realism. His paintings were therefore contemporary situations with the utmost possible sincerity (A Burial in Ornans, 1850). Critics were shocked by his productions. His Artist's Studio was rejected at the World's Fair (1855), which decided him to show his work individually. He painted the Demoiselles along the Seine (1857), Sleep (1866), the erotic painting The Origin of the World (1866) and performed the Falaise d'Etretat, during a stay in Normandy. Subsequently, he chaired the Fine Arts and took part in the movement of the Commune. Accused of having contributed to the dismantling of the Vendôme column in Paris, he spent several months in prison and was forced to repay the cost of repairs. He decided to go into exile in Switzerland, without a penny. He died there on December 31,st 1877.

3. His most famous works

4. His hometown Ornans Ornans is a small French city, situated in the Doubs department and the Franche-Comté region. It is a very pretty little city with houses on stilts and flower-covered bridges that can cross the Loue (the Loue is a small river). The city known in the world for Gustave Courbet paintings. A museum in the city has been dedicated to Gustave Courbet and opened on 2nd July 2011. The Loue and mountains provide a variety of activities: mountain biking, kayaking, climbing, via ferrata etc…

5. ORNAN s

6. The engrave technique The students of 4° visited the Courbet museum in Ornans, in November 2011. They learnt engraving like Courbet. Here is the project !

7. First step We chose a painting, we had to draw on a sheet and we engraved the sheet in a plexiglass plate.

8. Second step Later the engraving was inked with a roller.