# The Sea at Palavas

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COURBET, Gustave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 27 x 46 cm

## Commentary

In 1854 Courbet stayed with Bruyas In Montpellier. His great painting Bonjour Monsieur Courbet seals their friendship and collaboration. It was at this point that he had the idea of a huge composition showing his rue Hautefeuille studio and decided that he should return to Ornans. Before leaving he paid homage to his environment by painting himself as a little dot set against the immensity of the Mediterranean.

## Related artworks

- [A Burial at Ornans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/a-burial-at-ornans-r703ddb06c33628>)
- [After Dinner at Ornans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/after-dinner-at-ornans-re4c40071de1a96>)
- [Artist at His Easel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/artist-at-his-easel-r3751e58c3b9728>)
- [Beach near Trouville](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/beach-near-trouville-r8c05c206e18111>)
- [Burial at Ornans \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/burial-at-ornans-detail-rdc8cf6b93f1458>)
- [Cliffs at Étretat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/cliffs-at-tretat-r82eee44c1a5226>)
- [Courbet in his Cell at Sainte-Pélagie](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/courbet-in-his-cell-at-sainte-plagie-rd04a3bcd244101>)
- [Farmers of Flagey on the Return from the Market](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/farmers-of-flagey-on-the-return-from-the-market-ra64c8e0f4fbb7d>)
- [Firemen Running to a Fire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/firemen-running-to-a-fire-r23a32075dd670a>)
- [Flower Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/flower-still-life-rcd060b37d99321>)
- [Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/landscape-rd668ef71161049>)
- [Landscape with a Dead Horse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/courbet-gustave-r8cf09f93876d55/landscape-with-a-dead-horse-r13e4043c003b84>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)