Gustave Courbet. The School of Nature. L'école de la nature

This book deals with the theme of landscape in a transversal way, by presenting a set of important works by Gustave Courbet (mainly from the collections of the Gustave Institute and the Courbet d'Ornans Museum) and other 19th century artists - collaborators or friends of Courbet - who have fully embraced nature and the landscape, putting them at the heart of their artistic approaches.
Among other things will be revealed the involvement of Saint-Claude's George Besson (1882- 1971), who worked for the acquisition of Courbet's birthplace - which would later house the museum -, then that of Guy Bardone (1927-2015), donor of the collection preserved by the Abbey Museum, whom will then be General Secretary of the Courbet Institute for nearly fifteen years.