Gustave Courbet, The Origin of his World DVD –  

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), painter of real life, the earth, and material things, was so much a part of his era he lost himself in it. He paid for this dearly: wealthy and famous in this youth, he was later obliged to chum out paintings to avoid starvation. Directing a film on Courbet means finding what drove the painter to focus on realism. It means grasping the work, and exploring it in colour and substance. The Origin of the World: Long considerated obscene, The Ori…