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In July 1873 Courbet fled France for Switzerland for political reasons. He settled on the shores of Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) and painted several views of it, many at sunset. During his exile, his property was seized and his friends and family put under surveillance. The contents of his Paris studio were sold at a public auction in his absence. The man who had taken Paris by storm – of whom it was written, ‘It was as if a whirlwind had roared through the gallery rattling the windows and shattering the glass’ – died almost penniless and in exile.
Title
Beach Scene
Date
1874
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 38 x W 55.5 cm
Accession number
NG6396
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Sir Robert Hart, Bt, 1971
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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