Word: courbetist
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...intensely now than ever before in living memory, at least in America. Courbet -- this combative, ambitious, narcissistic and earthy man, crazy about women, convinced of his own historical mission -- thought he was the painter of his time. His egotism still grates. What school did he belong to? "I am Courbetist, that's all. My painting is the only true one. I am the first and unique artist of the century; the others are students or drivelers...
...contemporary critic described Courbet's work as "an engine of revolution." Courbet agreed. He thought of himself as a subversive force: the epitome of the avantgarde, a one-man realist movement. "I am Courbetist, that's all. My painting is the only true one. I am the first and the unique artist of the century; the others are students or drivelers . . ." Pipe, Assyrian beard, clogs and beer gut: all his life he projected an image of invincible roughness and solidity. In fact, his greatest paintings were rarely the work of a simple realist. For example, The Meeting...
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