1866
Oil on canvas, 114 x 89 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Landscape painting is an important area of Courbet's oeuvre. He painted the landscapes where he lived or which he visited. The Stream at Brème shows a spot near Ornans where Courbet was born and spent his youth, and to which he returned many times. In this canvas the vigorous palette and broken brushstrokes are particularly striking.
