Realism

Gustave Courbet: Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl

Gustave Courbet: Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl

Gustave Courbet (1819-77), the French Realist painter, created four versions of this with minor differences while staying in Trouville in 1865 with fellow artists James McNeil Whistler and Joanna Hiffernan, the Irish sitter for the portraits. Jo is painted examining her luxuriant red hair and complexion in a mirror at close proximity to the picture …

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