Gustave Courbet
Jean Journet Departing for the Conquest of Universal Harmony
1850
Courbet's lithograph satirizes the utopian socialist Jean Journet, employing the artist's characteristic realism to mock idealistic reformers while demonstrating his mastery of the lithographic medium.
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- lithograph
Spotted works by Gustave Courbet
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