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After-dinner in Ornans

Gustave Courbet
1849
It's all a matter of size

It is hard to imagine today how surprising and shocking this painting was. How can painting a simple evening with friends spark such controversy? The answer is not in the subject, but, surprisingly, in the format.

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After-dinner in Ornans
Gustave Courbet
1849

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