Arts Everyday Living: Down to the Sea Again—the Vastness of the Ocean & Sky By Joan Hart on April 4, 2018 in Art Happenings Gustave Courbet, Marine les Equilleurs, c. 1870?, oil on canvas, Private Collection French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) often created seascapes, giving the viewer a sense of the vastness of the ocean and sky. art appreciation, art of the sea, Realism in France