24 October 2009

madness and somnambulism


Gustave Courbet, The Clairvoyant, or The Sleepwalker (La Voyante, dite aussi La Somnambule), 1845-55?, Oil on Canvas, H 47 x L 39 cm, Besançon, Musée de Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie page 135 new cat. [aa la somnambulist.jpg]


Gustave Courbet, The Man Mad with Fear (Portrait de l’artiste (Le Fou de peur), 1844-45, Oil on Canvas, H 60.5 x L 50.5 cm, Oslo, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Much difficulty determining the difference between this and Desperate Man in the literature. “However there is a an intriguing entry in the catalogue for the artist’s private exhibition held in the 1855. In the category of landscapes, there is one entitled “The Suicide, Landscape form 1848 (to Mr. de Lancy)”…more info. page 104 new cat. [aa FT Courbet le fou de peur 1848.jpg]