Realism – Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers, 1849 – Kiama ...
Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849. Unlike fellow Realist Jean-François Millet, who was known for depicting more idealised, hale and hearty rural workers, Gustave Courbet depicted road menders wearing ripped and tattered clothing in his painting, The Stone Breakers.. This is not meant to be a heroic painting: it is meant to be an accurate account of the …