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"Lods and the Loue River", © Elroy Christenson 2004 Lods is a village in the
Franche-Comté region of
northeastern France on the Loue River. It has few other
needs of
notoriety but its beautiful location in this steep sided
valley that
leads from the Source-de-la-Loue down to Ornans.
The area around Ornans was a favorite subject for the locally raised artist, Gustave Courbet. He was a founder of the Realist style of art which in turn helped to influence the development of Impressionism. He painted landscapes up and down the valley before and after he became famous. He is often quoted, "show me an angel and I will paint one."
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