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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.
- 23 January 1832, Paris, Kingdom of France
- Painting, printmaking
- 30 April 1883 (aged 51), Paris, France
- Passy Cemetery, Paris
May 3, 2024 · 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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Édouard Manet (UK: , US: ; 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.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Essays. Édouard Manet (1832–1883) Rebecca Rabinow. Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. October 2004. Édouard Manet—the eldest son of an official in the French Ministry of Justice—had early hopes of becoming a naval officer.
Born in Paris in 1832 to a wealthy family, Édouard Manet showed promise in drawing and caricature from an early age. After twice being denied admission to France’s prestigious Naval College, he enrolled in 1850 at the studio of academic artist Thomas Couture. While copying paintings at the Louvre, Manet became attracted to the bold brushwork ...
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Jan 23, 1832 - Apr 30, 1883. Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism...
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 ...
