After 175 years, Gustave Courbet’s slow procession of mourners still stirs even the hardened modern heart. Most obviously, this is because it unflinchingly confronts mankind’s eternal subject ...

courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Courbet's sisters served as models for the women depicted in Young Ladies of the Village (1851–52). courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gustave ...

PARIS (AP) — As they painstakingly scrape grime off a monumental painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, the restorers do a remarkable job of ignoring their unusual surroundings: They're ...

PARIS (AP) — As they painstakingly scrape grime off a monumental painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, the restorers do a remarkable job of ignoring their unusual surroundings: They’re ...