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La vague (The Wave)
Gustave Courbet1870
Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany
Gustav Courbet painted the foaming waves on the French Atlantic coast time and again. He applied the dirty-grey paint with a kitchen knife. His aim was to capture the untamed and coarse nature of the elements.
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Details
- Title: La vague (The Wave)
- Creator: Gustave Courbet
- Creator Lifespan: 1819/1877
- Date: 1870
- Provenance: Acquired in 1989 with the support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on cavas
- Höhe: 45 cm
- Collection: Painting, Sculpture, Media Art, New Worlds
- Breite: 59 cm
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