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Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

1877

Gustave Courbet

(French, 1819–1877)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 172 x 230 x 8.5 cm (67 11/16 x 90 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 151.2 x 210.2 cm (59 1/2 x 82 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund and various donors by exchange 1964.420
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Location
220 19th Century European
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This late, unfinished painting reveals some of Courbet's techniques. At the top of the mountains you can see how different brushstrokes and thickly applied paint were used to differentiate the texture of the clouds from the snow.

Description

Courbet was still working on this large landscape, intended for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1879, when he died in December 1877. He painted it during his exile in Switzerland, where he had fled after being condemned for subversive activities in the Paris Commune of 1871. The view looks south over Lake Geneva toward the mountains called Les Dents du Midi. While some areas are heavily worked with a palette knife, the lower right remains unfinished.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a vast landscape with tall, snowcapped mountains in the background and a lake in the middle ground. The foreground features a grassy area with a person sitting down, surrounded by animals.

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

1877

Gustave Courbet

(French, 1819–1877)
France, 19th century

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