The world of Sources by Gustave CourbetCourbet paints the source as a material and enigmatic origin: clear water comes out of a dark wall, between knowledge of the Jura and depth impossible to measure.
1819 - 1877Life of Gustave Courbet
Loue ValleyCentral karst territory of the motif
1860sFruitful period of the great springs
°1,000Paintings, portraits, landscapes and still lifes - overall estimate
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1850 -1877 · Rent, cavity and visible birth of water
Courbet paints the source as a material and enigmatic origin: clear water comes out of a dark wall, between knowledge of the Jura and depth impossible to measure.
The springs occupy a unique place in the landscapes of Gustave Courbet. Around Ornans, the limestone subsoil of the Jura brings out rivers and resurgences at the foot of cliffs or in cavities. The Loue spring, coming from a vast rocky porch, offers the painter a motif that brings together his native territory and a visual enigma. Courbet often places the viewer near the water, facing a dark opening whose bottom he cannot see. The rock is built by thicknesses, scrapings and earthy tones; the viewer is often seated near the water, facing a dark opening whose bottom he cannot see. The rock is constructed by thicknesses, scrapings and earthy tones; the light focuses on foam, current or a damp wall. Other versions, such as the Blue Spring or the Léri Spring, modify color, vegetation or scale. The word "source" can also designate a female allegorical figure or a place where deer come to drink, showing the diversity of the theme. Courbet nevertheless refuses an ideal nature: the origin of water remains a geological, local and physical fact, the mystery of which the painting preserves. The selection "Sources of Gustave Courbet" notably compares La Source and La source in Ornans. His reading favors the story.
Courbet's source does not explain the origin of water: it places the viewer in front of the dark mouth where the visible begins.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
The springs occupy a unique place in the landscapes of Gustave Courbet. Around Ornans, the limestone subsoil of the Jura brings out rivers and resurgences at the foot of cliffs or in cavities. The Loue spring, coming from a vast rocky porch, offers the painter a motif that brings together his native territory and a visual enigma. Courbet often places the viewer near the water, facing a dark opening whose bottom he cannot see. The rock is built by thicknesses, scrapings and earthy tones; the viewer is often seated near the water, facing a dark opening whose bottom he cannot see. The rock is constructed by thicknesses, scrapings and earthy tones; the light focuses on foam, current or a damp wall. Other versions, such as the Blue Spring or the Léri Spring, modify color, vegetation or scale. The word "source" can also designate a female allegorical figure or a place where deer come to drink, showing the diversity of the theme. Courbet nevertheless refuses an ideal nature: the origin of water remains a geological, local and physical fact, the mystery of which is preserved in painting.
Know the resurgences of the native country
Childhood in Ornans and regular feedback give direct experience of the field. This milestone sheds light on the "Sources de Gustave Courbet" collection by favoring the story.
Make the cavity a large landscape
Loue, Source Bleue and variants deepen rock, water and darkness.
Extend the origin in recent years
Rehearsals and memories of the Jura accompany political crisis and exile.
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Frontal cavity
The black opening concentrates the mystery without becoming a fantastic setting. This line guides a reading of "Sources by Gustave Courbet" centered on the story.
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Laminated rock
Knife, paste and scraping make geology almost tactile.
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Emerging water
A clear current gives the board its only continuous direction.
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Uncertain scale
The absence of a figure can make the wall monumental and difficult to measure.
Explore by universe
Going back to the origins of water at Courbet
General Source, Ornans, Source Bleue and Loue show four relationships between cavity, color, territory and current.
Origin01
Confronting The Source
Water appears on the threshold of a space that the painting refuses to fully illuminate.
For the mystery. Reading of "Sources by Gustave Courbet" through the story.Ornans02
Anchor the resurgence
The name of the place links geology, memory and daily experience.
For the territoryBlue03
Color the depth
La Source Bleue transforms transparency into almost mineral intensity.
For colorRent04
See the birth of the river
The rocky porch gives a monumental origin to the familiar landscape.
For scaleOrigin · Courbet05
The Source
The Source opposes the visible current to a cavity whose space remains unfathomable.
Reference work of Sources by Gustave CourbetOrnans · Courbet06
The source in Ornans
The local resurgence links geological observation and the painter's memory.
Reference work of Sources by Gustave Courbet
Works to discover
Four sources painted by Gustave Courbet
The Source, the source in Ornans, the Source Bleue and the source of Loue explore darkness, color and Jura geology.
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Each reproduction is unique. Slight variations of touch and material testify to the painter's manual work.
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A black, walnut or raw wood frame and a horizontal format will reinforce the cavity, deep greens and water light.
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