Social media giant Facebook has been taken to court by a French user whose account was closed down after he posted an image of Gustave Courbet’s racy painting L’Origine du Monde (1866). According to ...

It's been more than four years since French teacher Frédéric Durand-Baïssas, after posting a link to a documentary about Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du Monde" (1866) on Facebook, returned to the ...

Artists Talk is an ongoing series that gives artists a platform to describe a particular artwork. “L’Origine du Monde” is a painting made by French artist Gustave Courbet in 1866. “L’Origine du Monde ...

The legal saga involving a French teacher who posted an image of Gustave Courbet’s L’Origin du Monde on his Facebook page and the social media giant continues . AFP reports that a Parisian court has ...

One of the greatest mysteries in art history appears to have been solved. The identity of the model who posed for the most scandalous painting of the 19th century, Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du ...

May 29, 2014: Deborah de Robertis, half-naked, spread her legs beneath Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du Monde ("The Origin of the World," 1866) at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, to denounce the place of ...