Le réalisme

Preface to Exhibition and sale of forty paintings and four drawings by Gustave Courbet

Title and foreword of the catalogue for the exhibition “Pavillon du Réalisme”, that Courbet organizes in 1855 to react to the Exposition universelle. The pamphlet-like catalogue is sold 10 cents and communly considered as a manifesto.
Author(s): Gustave Courbet
Associated movement: French Realism
Language : French
Original edition of the manifesto: Title and foreword of the catalogue for the exhibition “Pavillon du Réalisme”, that Courbet organizes in 1855 to react to the Exposition universelle. The pamphlet-like catalogue is sold 10 cents and communly considered as a manifesto.
Where can we find this manifesto? Kramer, Antje (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècle, Paris: Beaux Arts éditions, 2011, p. 29-33 (excerpt)
Link(s) to the manifesto:
Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Champleufy in a letter to George Sand (published the 2 September 1855 in L'Artiste) qualifies this text as a manifesto: "Non content de faire batir un atelier, d'y accrocher des toiles, le peintre a lancé un manifeste, et sur sa porte a écrit: le réalisme". Kramer, Antje (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècle, Paris: Beaux Arts éditions, 2011, p. 29-33
Editorial comments: Individual statement with a manifesto-like rethoric ("Je n'ai pas voulu…j'ai voulu"
Does the work corresponds to the definition of a manifesto? Yes
Does the work qualifies itself as a manifesto?
Is the signature individual, collective, or individual but in the name of a collective? Individual, in the name of a collective
Gender of the author(s): H