Most Arrogant Man in France
A comprehensive reinterpretation of the pioneering and media-savvy artist
The modern artist strives to be independent of the public''s taste—and yet depends on the public for a living. Petra Chu argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him. In The Most Arrogant Man in France, Chu tells the fascinating story of how, in ...
A comprehensive reinterpretation of the pioneering and media-savvy artist
The modern artist strives to be independent of the public''s taste—and yet depends on the public for a living. Petra Chu argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him. In The Most Arrogant Man in France, Chu tells the fascinating story of how, in ...
