The Hammock (French: Le Rêve, German: Die Hängematte) is an 1844 oil painting by the French artist Gustave Courbet. It depicts a young woman sleeping on a hammock in a shady, wooded glade with a brook passing nearby.[1][2] It makes reference to Victor Hugo's 1829 poem Sara the Bather. It was submitted to the Salon of 1845 at the Louvre in Paris, but rejected by the authorities.
| The Hammock | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 79.5 cm × 97 cm (31.3 in × 38 in) |
| Location | Am Römerholz, Winterthur |
The painting is in the Reinhart Collection at Am Römerholz in Winterthur in Switzerland.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Lindsay p.26
- ↑ Søland, Benninghaus & Maynes p.135
- ↑ https://www.roemerholz.ch/sor/en/home/museum/the-collection/periods/britain-and-france--19th-century--neoclassicism--romanticism-and/gustave-courbet--the-hammock-1844.html
Bibliography
edit- Bade, Patrick. Gustave Courbet and artworks. Parkstone International, 2014.
- Lindsay, Jack. Gustave Courbet: His Life and Art. Adams and Dart, 1973.
- Søland, Birgitte, Benninghaus, Christina & Maynes, Mary Jo (ed.) Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills: Placing Girls in European History, 1750-1960. Indiana University Press, 2005.
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