A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet
A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet
A Burial at Ornans (1850)
Gustave Courbet | Realism | Oil on canvas
A village gathers for a funeral - a priest, choir boys, officials, two old soldiers, a dog and lots of mourners. Real people, real sadness, real life!
Did you know? This painting is more than 20 feet wide, a size usually saved for heroes and saints in grand history paintings. Courbet used it for an ordinary village funeral, with the people of Ornans posing as the mourners, and it caused an uproar at the Paris Salon!
Original held at Musée d'Orsay
Museum-quality giclée print on archival Enhanced Matte Art paper (200gsm) with fade-resistant pigment inks rated for 100+ years. Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas and custom framed.
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