Jean Desire Gustave Courbet, famously known as Courbet, was born on June 10, 1910, in Ornans, Doubs, France.
Courbet was born into a relatively wealthy family in a relatively small town in France but close to the Swiss border. It had about three thousand people around the Realism period. A population where everyone knows each other, so long-standing ties. Perception and aesthetics come to play here because Courbet sees Ornan as a place with a great sense of community and portrayed in his painting, “The Burial at Ornans.”
Courbet based some of his works on Ornans. Examples are:
The Stonebreakers (1849-50),
The Burial at Ornans ( 1849-50),
View of Ornans (mid-1850),
Young Ladies of the Village (1851-52),
Link to view images:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3G3ac9I9ns5UQcJqUasnixUOxuIpkO11uk…
References:
“Gustave Courbet Paintings.” Metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438820?searchField=All.