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TitleL'Immensité

Creator nameCourbet, Gustave

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1865

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 82.2 cm

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16439/limmensite-oil-painting-courbet-gustave/

Accession numberCAI.59

SubjectsRealism in artLandscapes in artNature in artLandscape painting, French--19th century

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Chapter Four: Grounds for Oil Painting

Anthea Callen

The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and the Making of Modernity

Structurally, an oil painting consists of a number of superimposed layers. Usually, these are: support; glue size; ground (an opaque priming preparation); paint layer; coloured glazes (if these are used); and, finally, a protective film of varnish, not necessarily the choice of the artist. Thus the ground is the layer or layers applied to the support to prepare it to receive the paint layer....

Author

Anthea Callen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.50-61

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00125.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16643&redirecttoanchor=23640

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--FrancePainting, French--19th centuryPainting--Technique--France--History--19th centuryArtists' materials--France--19th century

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