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The Mill at Orbe
COURBET, Gustave (1819 - 1877)
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 49.6 x 60.0 cm
Acquired: 1912; Purchase; Pyke Thompson funds
Accession Number: NMW A 2446
The mill is set on a waterfall on the river Orbe in Switzerland, near the French border. The textures of the paint immitate the rushing water and geology. Courbet had anarchic views on both art and politics and was a key activist during the civil unrest which followed the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. He spent the end of his life in exile.
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