Gustave Courbet was already an art star but still itching for greater renown when he took matters into his own bold hands in 1855. Dissatisfied with the works representing him in the official Salon, ...

At the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, Gustave Courbet's monumental work, "A Burial at Ornans" is undergoing a full restoration, live and before the watchful eye of the public. A decade after restoring "The ...

Courbet demonstrated to the next generation of great artists—Manet, Monet, Cezanne and many others—that it is possible to succeed artistically and economically apart from government approval. Gustave ...