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Édouard Manet (UK: / ˈ m æ n eɪ /, US: / m æ ˈ n eɪ, m ə ˈ-/; [1] [2] 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.
The Absinthe Drinker was the first work that Manet submitted to the Paris Salon of 1859. It was rejected with only Eugène Delacroix voting in its favour. [ 5 ] Part of the reason for its rejection may be its subject; absinthe was thought to be addictive and considered morally degenerate, and this was one of the earliest depictions of absinthe ...
Madame Manet in the Conservatory: 1879: 81.5 × 100 cm: National Gallery of Norway (Oslo) Chez le père Lathuille: 1879: 93 × 112 cm: Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai: Portrait of Marguerite Gauthier-Lathuille: 1879: 81 × 50 cm: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon: The Café-Concert: 1879: 47.3 × 39.1 cm: Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Maryland) Corner ...
Argenteuil is an 1874 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet (1832-1883), first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1875. [1] [2] It is one of Manet's first works to be regarded as a fully Impressionist painting due to its naturalistic style and its bold palette. [3]
The Old Musician is an 1862 oil painting on canvas by French painter Édouard Manet, produced during the period when the artist was influenced by Spanish art. The painting also betrays the influence of Gustave Courbet. This work is one of Manet's largest paintings and is now conserved at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. [1]
Repose (French: Le Repos, 'Rest') is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Édouard Manet, from c. 1871. It is held in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, in Providence. [1] The painting is a portrait of the artist Berthe Morisot, a regular model, who was married to Manet's brother, Eugène.
The Matador Saluting (French - Le Matador saluant ) is an oil-on-canvas painting produced by Édouard Manet between 1866 and 1867. Its precise date is unclear – Charles S. Moffett dates the first definite reference to the work to 1867, at an exhibition devoted to Manet's works at the pavillon de l'Alma.
Manet's La Nymphe surprise depicts a young woman sitting in a wooded landscape beside a lake, looking surprised at the viewer. There is a blue iris growing at her feet, and she wears nothing on her body except the white pearls around her neck and a ring on her little finger.