Talk:Gustave Courbet/Archive 1

Jean Désiré
A quick search on Google shows this full name is used by museums; both the Norton Simon Museum in California and the National Gallery of Art in London verify this. JNW 04:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Caution to undergraduates with papers due
This article is a mess. Where it is not simply reductive and repetitive, it is downright wrong. It misses almost everything important about Courbet and the dates are a mess. Notice that most statements are unsourced. If you were to turn in a paper based on this wiki article, and your prof. knew anything at all about Courbet, you would fail. Hopefully someone with more time than I will come along and fix the thing. Until then, good luck.  S a u d a d e 7  00:15, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree the article needs work. Could you possibly find the time to be specific about dates? Could you recommend reference materials? Thank you. --sparkit TALK 04:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am removing the dispute tag. Much effort and work has been done, and more work is welcome. I think the article shows improvement...Modernist (talk) 12:44, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Changes in The Painter's Studio

 * Removed statement saying many impressionists were still in art school when Courbet's The Artist's Studio was painted. Most of them were in the first half of their teens in 1955 with exceptions like Pissaro and Degas who, in their 20s, would have been in Art school.
 * Added descriptions and brief explanations of a few figures on the left hand side. I have cited Helene Toussaint's 'The dossier on 'The Studio' by Courbet as my reference.

Devicide (talk) 15:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)