The Encounter (Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet). Gustave Courbet
1854, oil on canvas, 129 × 149 cm
Montpellier, Musée Fabre
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Die Begegnung (Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet). Gustave Courbet
1854, Öl auf Leinwand, 129 × 149 cm
Montpellier, Musée Fabre
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The Meeting or "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet" (French: La rencontre, ou "Bonjour Monsieur Courbet") is an 1854 painting by Gustave Courbet.
The painting is traditionally interpreted as Courbet greeted by his patron Bruyas, his servant Calas, and his dog while traveling to Montpellier. The composition is based on the Wandering Jew. The Meeting was exhibited in Paris at the 1855 Exhibition Universelle, where critics ridiculed it as "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet". Bruyas did not exhibit The Meeting until he donated it to the Musée Fabre in Montpellier in 1868.[1]
References
Hilaire, Michel; Amic, Sylvain (2004). Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!: the Bruyas collection from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Réunion des musées nationaux, ISBN 978-0-300-10523-0
External links
Courbet's Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, essay at Smarthistory
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