Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter and a leading figure in the realist movement, which sought to depict the world with a focus on everyday life and ordinary people rather than idealized or romanticized subjects. Courbet's work was revolutionary for its time, as he rejected traditional academic standards and aimed to present the truth of human experience. This video features his landscape and seascape paintings which are a significant part of his work and which showcase nature with its realistic details and rugged beauty.