1869
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
The Rock of Hautepierre is a 1869 oil by Gustave Courbet, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a rocky landscape with trees and a few buildings in the background. It's an oil on canvas work, created around 1869. The artist used simple brushstrokes to convey a sense of calm. The painting's quiet atmosphere is interesting because it was made during a time of change in the art world. Check out the work of artist Gustave Courbet.
Adolf Rothermundt, Dresden-Blasewitz, before 1923 [according to Scheffler 1923 and 1935 Graupe sale cat. cited below]. Max Silberberg, Breslau, by 1923 to 1935 [according to 18 July 1967 letter from Fritz Nathan to Charles Cunningham in curatorial file, and Scheffler 1923]; sold Galerie Paul Graupe, Berlin, Mar. 23, 1935, no. 20 [price given in Die Weltkunst 1935]. German private collection [according to Alexander, Graf Strasoldo of Lempertz, Cologne, letter of 21 September 1998 in curatorial file]; sold Lempertz, Cologne, Nov. 11-14, 1964, no. 289, to Galerie Nathan, Zurich [Nathan letter…
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute [as exchange loan] February–May 1975. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Courbet and the Modern Landscape, February 21–May 14, 2006; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 18-September 10, 2006; Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, October 15, 2006-January 7, 2007, cat. 3. Pairs, Musée d'Orsay, Gustave Courbet, October 8, 2007- January 28, 2008. New York City, The Metropolitain Museum of Art, February 25- May 18, 2008, Montpellier, Musée Fabre, June 13- September 28, 2008, cat. 106. Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Courbet - A Dream of…
Karl Scheffler, "Breslauer Kunstleben," Kunst und Künstler 21 (1923), p. 129–30 (ill.). Charles Léger, Courbet (Paris, 1929), pl. 6. Alice Landsberger, "Eine grosse deutsche Privatsammlung. Die Sammlung Silberberg in Breslau," Die Dame, no. 16 (May, 1930), p. 15. Karl Scheffler, "Die Sammlung Max Silberberg," Kunst und Künstler 30 (1931), p. 6. "Les ventes," Bulletin de l’art ancien et moderne, no. 814 (May 1935), p. 216. Die Weltkunst 9 (1935), p. 3. "Auktions-Vorschau," Die Weltkunst 34 (1964), p. 941 (ill.). "Auctions, Auktionen, Ventes. Deutschland, Spitzenpreise und ungewöhnlich hohes…
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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (UK: KOOR-bay; US: koor-BAY; French: ; 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.
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