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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.
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.
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. After twice failing the training school’s entrance exam, the teenager instead went to ...
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.
Raven or no raven, each lithograph evokes the beady-eyed, sharp-beaked bird. Whether depicting a sooty city skyline or a shadowy apartment interior, Manet alludes to the raven’s lustrous plumage through his generous use of deep, dark ink.
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.
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 818. In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in Gennevilliers, just across the Seine from Monet at Argenteuil.
Apr 30, 2020 · Manet is credited with bridging Realism and Impressionism through his radical innovations. These are some of his most famous paintings.
1832 - 1883. Manet was the elder statesman of the Impressionists, although he never participated in their exhibitions but continued to compete in the Salons. His unconventional subject matter drawn from modern life, and his concern for the artist's freedom in handling paint made him an important precursor of Impressionism.
