This painting is unique among Courbets usual tirade of revolutionary paintings. Rather than a still life or a group of average lower class members of French society, we see a large painting studio, with admirers and well wishers on one side, and the harsh critics on the other. The half finished paintings hung upon the wall fit together to create the illusion of an expansive scenery extending into the background. Although the items depicted are nothing new; landscapes, nudes, still lifes and portraits are all things that occur frequently in his work, but to use symbolism in such a dominant manner is unique to Gustave, and is very rarly exhibited in his other works. The painting was completed in 1855 which may account for why it carries such Romantic characteristics.
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