Édouard Manet
French modernist painter and pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
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Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter born in Paris on 23 January 1832.[1][2] He died on 30 April 1883.[1] Manet's Music in the Tuileries provoked fury and negative public attention when exhibited, with visitors even threatening to destroy it.[3][4] His painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe caused controversy due to its juxtaposition of clothed men and a nude woman, as well as its sketch-like handling.[5]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 23 January 1832
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 30 April 1883
- Resting place
- Passy Cemetery, Paris
- Education
- Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour, Académie Suisse
- Field
- Painting, printmaking
- Movement
- Realism, Impressionism
- Spouse
- Suzanne Leenhoff (1863)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Manet was born to an affluent family in a mansion on the Rue des Petits Augustins.[2] In 1845, Manet enrolled in a drawing course where he met his lifelong friend Antonin Proust.[6] Manet opened his own studio in 1856.[7] He married Suzanne Leenhoff in 1863 at a Protestant church.[8]
Manet became friends with painter Berthe Morisot in 1868, and she later married his brother Eugène in 1874.[9]
What the cited sources add
According to the same critic, the public reacted violently when Manet exhibited the work at the Salon des Refusés in 1863.[10] Battaglia La Terra Borgese pointed out a subtle touch of playful realism in the painting: a small finch flying above the figures.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Néret 2003, p. 93 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: King 2006; Brombert 1996, p. 309-311; Brombert 1996, p. 309-311 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: King 2006; Brombert 1996, p. 309-311; King 2006; Brombert 1996, p. 309-311 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: King 2006; Brombert 1996, p. 309-311 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Courthion, "Édouard Manet", Encyclopaedia Britannica; King 2006; Courthion, "Édouard Manet", Encyclopaedia Britannica; Meyers 2005, p. 3; "Antonin Proust", Toledo Museum of Art (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Dead Christ with Angels", 1864 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sex Lives of the Great Artists", Prion, 1998 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Édouard Manet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "MORISOT / SACRISTE", Musée Marmottan Monet, 2023; "Berthe Morisot par Edouard Manet, le désir en peinture", Le Monde, 2023-10-18 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- VG-Editore, "Arte: gli errori di prospettiva e non solo nel capolavoro di Manet "La colazione sull'erba" secondo il critico Paolo Battaglia La Terra Borgese", La Voce dei Giornalisti, 2024-10-25. facts only, no text reused. lavocedeigiornalisti.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Édouard Manet (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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