Frenchman Gustave Courbet
in paint loved to have his say
He also adored self-portraits
he&his ego were clearly soulmates
So largescale was Gustave Courbet
a radical wth paint had his say
Using a very rich green
in his landscapes usually can be seen
L'Origine du monde
smegma musk odors of clit
pervade my night sky
L'Origine du monde, the first realistic painting of a vulva in Western art (Oil painting by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet 1866, Paris: Musée d'Orsay )
"I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead let this be said of me: 'He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any régime except the régime of liberty."(Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet)
©rajat kanti chakrabarty
16 December 2014
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