居斯塔夫·库尔贝

《劳瑞·博雷奥》

1863年

画布油画，81.00×61.20厘米

克利夫兰艺术博物馆藏

Painted during Courbet's stay in the Saintonge region of western France, this portrait depicts Laure Borreau, owner of a fabric store and ladies confectionery. As the leader of the Realist movement in France, Courbet aimed to convey his democratic and socialist ideals by portraying ordinary people in a truthful, unidealized manner. While considering himself a radical innovator, Courbet nonetheless exhibited this portrait under the title Mme L... at the Paris Salon of 1863.

“我爱上了这位漂亮的女士，她是我成功背后的动力，”库尔贝是这样评论这位女士的。因为这位女士迷人的魅力，他延长了在桑同耶省的访问并且为她画了三张肖像画。展出时，这张画受到了批评家们的指责嘲弄，他们不能忍受库尔贝画面缺之传统画时所注重的表层魅力（这就是库尔贝笔下所谓的美女）。画面中情感的流露并非显得不寻常，粉红色康乃馨和夕阳的余晖更烘托出这种情感。他爱慕的女性头部朝向我们，皮肤与黑色饰边的丝绸衣服形成了鲜明的对比，有一种充满感情的肤感，这种构图超越了19世纪浪漫主义的普遍表现手法，如同库尔贝作品中的号召力和启发力远远高于他斗志昂扬的现实主义。