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Édouard Manet (UK: / ˈ m æ n eɪ /, US: / m æ ˈ n eɪ, m ə ˈ-/; French: [edwaʁ manɛ]; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
- Luncheon on the Grass. Date created: 1863. Dimensions: 208 × 264.5 centimeters (81.9 × 104.1 inches) Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. The Luncheon on the Grass or “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe” was originally known as “Le Bain” or “The Bath.”
- Music in the Tuileries. Date created: 1862. Dimensions: 76 × 118 centimeters (30 × 46 inches) Location: Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Music in the Tuileries is one of the first paintings that depict an outdoor scene of Parisians having a good time.
- The Spanish Singer. Date created: 1860. Dimensions: 147.3 × 114.3 centimeters (58 × 45 inches) Location: MET Museum, New York City, United States. The Spanish Singer was one of the earliest paintings by Édouard Manet and depicts a Spanish singer who is playing the guitar.
- Olympia. Date created: 1863. Dimensions: 130.5 × 190 centimeters (51.4 × 74.8 inches) Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. Olympia is arguably one of the best-known paintings by Manet.
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- The Luncheon on the Grass, 1863. Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass debuted at the Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of works that had been rejected from the official Paris Salon by the conservative panel of judges.
- Olympia, 1863. Manet’s Olympia was accepted by the Salon of 1865, where it provoked harsh criticism. The painting features a nude woman (the same model as Luncheon, Victorine Meurent) splayed across a bed while a servant attends to her.
- Bullfight, 1865–1866. Manet visited Spain in 1865, and though the trip last only a bit longer than a week, it left a profound impression on the painter, who had long been impressed by 17th-century Spanish art.
- The Balcony, 1869. It was fashionable to paint scenes of bourgeois life, but The Balcony defied conventions with its enigmatic narrative and unusual perspective.
Apr 2, 2014 · Edouard Manet was a French painter who depicted everyday scenes of people and city life. He was a leading artist in the transition from realism to impressionism.
Édouard Manet (born January 23, 1832, Paris, France—died April 30, 1883, Paris) was a French painter who broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of representation and by choosing subjects from the events and circumstances of his own time.
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Jun 2, 2022 · Evergreen. Impressionism. Born well-off in Paris, the 19th-century Impressionist Édouard Manet was one of the first artists to paint modern life.
Édouard Manet was the most important and influential artist to have heeded poet Charles Baudelaire's call to artists to become painters of modern life. Manet had an upper-class upbringing, but also led a bohemian life, and was driven to scandalize the French Salon public with his disregard for academic conventions and his strikingly modern ...
