COURBET. A DREAM OF MODERN ART
15. October - 30. January 2011

Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art

Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) is the preeminent representative of Realism and the spearhead of a style of painting committed to socially relevant issues. His lifelike portraits defy the artistic convention of idealization. The painter had another side, however: in his portraits, landscapes, drawings, and still lifes, he depicted a contemplative, meditative, inward-looking world, which stood in stark contrast to the fast-paced industrialization of the period.

Edited by Max Hollein and Klaus Herding. With a foreword by Max Hollein and texts by Sylvain Amic, Bettina Erche, Paul Galvez, Michèle Haddad, Klaus Herding, Werner Hofmann, Florence Hudowicz, Ségolène Le Men, Stephanie Marchal, Linda Nochlin, Ulrich Pfarr, James Rubin, Margret Stuffmann, and Gilbert Titeux. English Edition, 304 pages, 220 illustrations, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2010, English edition, ISBN 978-3-7757-2629-0

39,80 €

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Art to Hear: Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art

The audio book for the Courbet exhibition introduces this “other” Courbet, one who, inspired by German Romanticism, succeeded in creating the vision of poetic modern art, as it was later refined not only by Cézanne and Picasso, but also by the Symbolists and Surrealists.

German edition, c. 44 pp., c. 40 illustrations, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-7757-2745-7

16,80

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COURBET. A DREAM OF MODERN ART

This booklet presents the key works and theses of the exhibition and explains them in context with history, art and society. Edited by SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT, redaction and text: Fabian Hofmann, Katharina Bühler. 40 pages, c. 50 illustrations, German edition

* school classes (more than 15 pupils) can buy the booklet for 1 € at the SCHIRN during the exhibition duration.

7,50 € / 1 €  for school classes*

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COURBET. A DREAM OF MODERN ART

As an additional publication to the introduction booklet, this workbook contains different exercises and offers ideas for artistic work. The workbook can also be used in the classroom.

Editor: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Redaction: Fabian Hofmann.  Text by a team of teachers and museum educators. 40 pages, c. 20 illustrations, German edition.

* school classes (more than 15 pupils) can buy the booklet for 1 € at the SCHIRN during the exhibition duration.

7,50 € / 1 € for school classes*

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