Read more Gustave Courbet stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23519/gustave-courbet.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 20:42:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/116359/gustave-courbets-the-origin-of-the-world-censored-by-facebook.htmlEvann Gastaldo<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=807767&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110414135508' border='0' />Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World hangs in Paris' renowned Musee d'Orsay—but good luck posting it on Facebook. A French man made the painting, which features a woman's, ahem , lower half, his profile picture—and found his profile deleted. He is now suing the social networking site, the...Gustave Courbet's painting 'The Origin of the World).http://www.newser.com/story/116359/gustave-courbets-the-origin-of-the-world-censored-by-facebook.htmlThu, 14 Apr 2011 13:55:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20384/scandal-master-courbet-dazzles.htmlJason Farago<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=79208&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021114' border='0' />Parlaying scandal into success may seem a terribly modern ploy, but Gustave Courbet, the subject of a new retrospective at New York's Metropolitan Museum, mastered the art 150 years ago. Courbet, the realist painter and father of modern art, painted both gorgeous, subtle scenes and uglier, intentionally awkward tableaux. They..."The Desperate Man," a self-portrait by Gustave Courbet now on view at the Metropolitan Museum.http://www.newser.com/story/20384/scandal-master-courbet-dazzles.htmlFri, 29 Feb 2008 14:55:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19564/arts-nazis-stole-goes-on-exhibit.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=76096&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021551' border='0' />Authorities in France and Israel are attempting to return paintings seized by Nazis during World War II to families to whom they belong, and have organized an exhibit of 50 “orphaned” works in Israel to solicit rightful claims. The tranquil themes of many of the works in the exhibit, “Looking...Reporters walks past paintings by Paul Cezanne 'Portrait of Artist' and Edgar Degas 'Portrait of the engraver Mansi' at the opening of the 'Looking for Owners' exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Feb. 18, 2008. The museum opened an exhibition today 53 paintings, many belonging to Jews, that were among thousands stolen in France or forcibly sold there during the Nazi occupation. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)http://www.newser.com/story/19564/arts-nazis-stole-goes-on-exhibit.htmlWed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:00 CST