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Which artist praised Gustave Courbet’s Pavilion of Realism?
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French painter Gustave Courbet posing for an undated photograph.
The artist who praised Gustave Courbet’s Pavilion of Realism was Eugène Delacroix.12
After the jury for the 1855 Universal Exposition rejected his work, Courbet established his own pavilion to exhibit his paintings. While the enterprise was generally unsuccessful, Delacroix noted his appreciation for Courbet's audacity and talent in his journal.1