The Wheat Sifters
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The Wheat Sifters is an 1854 painting by Gustave Courbet
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It was exhibited at the Salon of 1855 in Paris, then in 1861 at the ninth exhibition of the Society of Friends of the Art of Nantes
, which then bought the painting for the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
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Both young women are probably the two sisters of Courbet : Zoe (in the center) and Juliet (seated). The boy could be Désiré Binet, the illegitimate son of the painter.
Gustave Courbet
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Realist movement bridged the Romantic movement , with the Barbizon School and the Impressionists...
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It was exhibited at the Salon of 1855 in Paris, then in 1861 at the ninth exhibition of the Society of Friends of the Art of Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
, which then bought the painting for the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
The Fine arts Museum of Nantes is an art museum in Nantes, France.The museum was created in 1801 with the purchase of the Cacault collection and was located in is actual Palais des Beaux-Arts since 1900....
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Both young women are probably the two sisters of Courbet : Zoe (in the center) and Juliet (seated). The boy could be Désiré Binet, the illegitimate son of the painter.