Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

Courbet painted ‘Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi’ in 1877. This was the last year of his life. Oil on fabric.

The painting measures 64.8 x 81.3 cm. It shows a view of the Alps with dramatic cloud formations.

Courbet spent his final years in Switzerland, where he painted this view. He was exiled after the Paris Commune.

Gustave Courbet was known for rejecting academic conventions. He focused on painting what he could see.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.420