Courbet, Gustave Syllabification: (Cour·bet, Gustave)Pronunciation: /ko͝orˈbā/Definition of Courbet, Gustave (1819–77), French painter. A leader of the 19th-century realist school of painting, his works include Burial at Ornans (1850) and Painter in His Studio (1855). Courbet, Gustave in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Courbet, Gustave in the British & World English dictionary