{"product_id":"letters-of-gustave-courbet-9780226116532","title":"Letters of Gustave Courbet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetters of Gustave Courbet\u003c\/strong\u003e by Courbet, Gustave. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780226116532.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French Realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819-77), a\npivotal figure in the emergence of modern painting, remains\nan artist whose interests, attitudes, and friendships are\nlittle understood. A voluminous correspondent, Courbet\nhimself, through his letters, offers a tantalizing avenue\ntoward a keener assessment of his character and\naccomplishments. In her critical edition of over six hundred\nof the artists letters, Petra ten-Doesschate Chu presents\njust such a look at the inner life of the artist; her\nunparalleled feat of gathering together all of Courbets\nknown letters, many heretofore unpublished and untranslated,\nis sure to change our evaluation of Courbets creativity and\nof his place in nineteenth-century French life.\nBeginning when Courbet left his provincial home at\neighteen and ending eight days before his death in exile in\nSwitzerland, this correspondence enables readers to follow\nthe artists development from youth to mature artist of\ninternational repute. Addressed to correspondents such as\nthe poet Charles Baudelaire, the painter Claude Monet, the\nwriters Champfleury, Victor Hugo, and Théeophile Gautier,\nthe political theorist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and the\npolitician Jules Simon, the letters offer numerous insights\ninto Courbets life and art as well as the cultural and\npolitical activity of his day. In fascinating detail, they\npresent the artists relation to the contemporary media, his\ndeliberate choice of subject matter for Salon paintings, his\npreoccupation with photography, and his participation in the\nCommune.\n\nBesides collecting, translating, and annotating the\nletters, Chu provides an introduction, a chronology,\nbiographies of persons appearing frequently in the letters,\nand a list of paintings and sculptures mentioned in the\nletters. Her work is an essential resource of immediate use\nto historians of art and culture, political and social\nhistorians, and readers of biography.\n\nPetra ten-Doesschate Chu is professor and head of the\nDepartment of Art and Music at Seton Hall University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977696800821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226116530","price":225.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226116532_75391c3b-e986-4782-9e97-e75c7b032ba6.jpg?v=1778844940","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/letters-of-gustave-courbet-9780226116532","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}