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Where did Gustave Courbet live during his final years in Switzerland?
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Gustave Courbet
French painter Gustave Courbet posing for an undated photograph.
During his final years in Switzerland, Gustave Courbet lived in the town of La Tour-de-Peilz. After fleeing France in 1873 to avoid a massive fine, he initially settled in Fleurier and then moved to Vevey before finally purchasing an old inn called the Bon-Port in La Tour-de-Peilz, where he died in 1877.1