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The Sleepers is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Gustave Courbet
in 1866. The painting, depicting lesbianism, was not permitted to be shown publicly until 1988, like a number of his other works such as L'Origine du monde
. It was originally commissioned by the Turkish diplomat Khalil Bey
.
Gustave Courbet
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Realist movement bridged the Romantic movement , with the Barbizon School and the Impressionists...
in 1866. The painting, depicting lesbianism, was not permitted to be shown publicly until 1988, like a number of his other works such as L'Origine du monde
L'Origine du monde
L’Origine du monde is an oil-on-canvas painted by French artist Gustave Courbet in 1866. It is a close-up view of the genitals and abdomen of a naked woman, lying on a bed with legs spread...
. It was originally commissioned by the Turkish diplomat Khalil Bey
Khalil Bey
Khalil Sherif Pasha was an Ottoman diplomat and art collector, whose collection was described by Théophile Gautier as "the first ever to be formed by a child of Islam"....
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