Edouard Manet

116 artworks

French Impressionist painter, draftsman and printmaker

Born 1/23/1832 - Died 4/30/1883

Born in Paris (Departement de Ville de Paris, Ile-de-France, France)

Died in Paris (Departement de Ville de Paris, Ile-de-France, France)

{"Id":790,"Name":"Edouard Manet","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMANET, \u0026Eacute;DUARD (1832-1883)\u003C/strong\u003E, French painter, regarded as the most important master of Impressionism (q.v.), was born in Paris on the 23rd of January 1832. After spending some time under the tuition of the Abb\u0026eacute; Poiloup, he entered the College Rollin, where his passion for drawing led him to neglect all his other lessons. His studies finished in 1848, he was placed on board the ship Guadeloupe, voyaging to Rio de Janeiro. On his return he first studied in \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=752\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECouture\u0027s\u003C/a\u003E studio (1851), where his independence often infuriated his master. For six years he was an intermittent visitor to the studio, constantly taking leave to travel, and going first to Cassel, Dresden, Vienna and Munich, and afterwards to Florence, Rome and Venice, where he made some stay. Some important drawings date from this period, and one picture, \u003Cu\u003EA Nymph Surprised\u003C/u\u003E. Then, after imitating Couture, more or less, in \u003Cu\u003EThe Absinthe-drinker\u003C/u\u003E (1866), and \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=746\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECourbet\u003C/a\u003E in \u003Cu\u003EThe Old Musician\u003C/u\u003E, he devoted himself almost exclusively to the study of the Spanish masters in the Louvre. A group was already gathering round him: \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=652\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWhistler\u003C/a\u003E, Legros, and \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=154\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFantin-Latour\u003C/a\u003E haunted his studio in the Rue Guyot. His \u003Cu\u003ESpaniard playing the Guitar\u003C/u\u003E, in the Salon of 1861, excited much animadversion. \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=48\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDelacroix\u003C/a\u003E alone defended Manet, but, this notwithstanding, his \u003Cu\u003EFifer of the Guard\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003ED\u0026eacute;jeuner sur l\u0027herbe\u003C/u\u003E (Luncheon on the Grass) were refused by the jury. Then the Salon des Refus\u0026eacute;s was opened, and round Manet a group was formed, including [Felix] Bracquemond, Legros, \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2951\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJongkind\u003C/a\u003E, Whistler, \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1038\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHarpignies\u003C/a\u003E and Fantin-Latour, the writers Zola, [Edmond] Duranty and [Th\u0026eacute;odore] Duret, and Astruc the Sculptor. In 1863, when an amateur, M. Martinet, lent an exhibition-room to Manet, the painter exhibited fourteen pictures; and then, in 1864, contributed again to the Salon \u003Cu\u003EThe Angels at the Tomb\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EA Bullfight\u003C/u\u003E. Of this picture he afterwards kept nothing but the toreador in the foreground, and it is now known as \u003Cu\u003EThe Dead Man\u003C/u\u003E. In 1865 he sent to the Salon \u003Cu\u003EChrist reviled by the Soldiers\u003C/u\u003E and the famous \u003Cu\u003EOlympia\u003C/u\u003E, which was hailed with mockery and laughter. It represents a nude woman reclining on a couch, behind which is seen the head of a negl-ess who carries a bunch of flowers. A black cat at her feet emphasizes the whiteness of the sheet on which the woman lies. This work (now in the Louvre) was presented to the Luxembourg by a subscription started by \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=810\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClaude Monet\u003C/a\u003E (1890). It was hung in 1897 among the \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=549\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECaillebotte\u003C/a\u003E collection, which included the \u003Cu\u003EBalcony\u003C/u\u003E, and a study of a female head called \u003Cu\u003EAngelina\u003C/u\u003E. This production, of a highly independent individuality, secured Manet\u0027s exclusion from the Salon of 1866, so that he determined to exhibit his pictures in a place apart during the Great Exhibition of 1867. In a large gallery in the Avenue de l\u0027Alma, half of which was occupied by Courbet, he hung no fewer than fifty paintings. Only one important picture was absent, \u003Cu\u003EThe Execution of the Emperor Maximilian\u003C/u\u003E; its exhibition was prohibited by the authorities. From that time, in spite of the fierce hostility of some adversaries, Manet\u0027s energy and that of his supporters began to gain the day. His \u003Cu\u003EYoung Girl\u003C/u\u003E (Salon of 1868) was justly appreciated, as well as the portrait of Lola; but the \u003Cu\u003EBalcony\u003C/u\u003E and the \u003Cu\u003EBreakfast\u003C/u\u003E (1869) were as severely handled as the \u003Cu\u003EOlympia\u003C/u\u003E had been. In 1870 he exhibited \u003Cu\u003EThe Music Lesson\u003C/u\u003E and a portrait of Mile E. Gonzales. Not long before the Franco-Prussian War, Manet, finding himself in the country, with a friend, for the first time discovered the true value of open air to the effects of painting in his picture \u003Cu\u003EThe Garden\u003C/u\u003E, which gave rise to the open air or \u003Cem\u003Eplein air\u003C/em\u003E school. After fighting as a gunner, he returned to his family in the Pyrenees, where he painted \u003Cu\u003EThe Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama\u003C/u\u003E. His \u003Cu\u003EBon Bock\u003C/u\u003E (1873) created a furor\u0026eacute;. But in 1875, as in 1869, there was a fresh outburst of abuse, this time of the \u003Cu\u003ERailroad\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EPolichinelle\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EArgenteuil\u003C/u\u003E, and the jury excluded the artist, who for the second time arranged an exhibition in his studio. In 1877 his \u003Cu\u003EHamlet\u003C/u\u003E was admitted to the Salon, but \u003Cu\u003ENana\u003C/u\u003E was rejected. The following works were exhibited at the Salon of 1881: \u003Cu\u003EIn the Conservatory\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EIn a Boat\u003C/u\u003E, and the portraits of [Henri] Rochefort and Proust; and the Cross of the Legion of Honor was conferred on the painter on the 31st of December in that year. Manet died in Paris on the 20th of April 1883. He left, besides his pictures, a number of pastels and engravings. He illustrated \u003Cu\u003ELes Chats\u003C/u\u003E by Champfleury, and Edgar Allan Poe\u0027s \u003Cu\u003EThe Raven\u003C/u\u003E.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESee:\u003C/strong\u003E Zola, \u003Cu\u003EManet\u003C/u\u003E (Paris, 1867); E. Bazire, \u003Cu\u003EManet\u003C/u\u003E (Paris, 1884); G. Gejlroy, \u003Cu\u003ELa Vie artistique\u003C/u\u003E (1893). (H. FR.)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://24.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MA/MANET_EDOUARD.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":true,"HasProducts":true,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":116}

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Stéphane Mallarmé

1876

Oil on canvas

27 x 36 cms | 10 ^1/2 x 14 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

21 MPs

The Man in the Tall Hat

1858-1859

Watercolor

35.7 x 25.7 cms | 14 x 10 ins

National Gallery of Art Washington | United States

16 MPs

Méry Laurent

c. 1882

41.6 x 37.1 cms | 16 ^1/4 x 14 ^1/2 ins

1 MPs

Woman Wearing a Hat with Silk Gauze

1881

Pastel on cardboard (mounted on canvas）

60.5 x 49.7 cms | 23 ^3/4 x 19 ^1/2 ins

Ohara Museum of Art Kurashiki | Japan

7 MPs

Woman Lying on the Beach

Annabel Lee

1881

30.2 x 40.9 cms | 11 ^3/4 x 16 ins

Statens Museum for Kunst København | Denmark

11 MPs

L'évasion de Rochefort

Rochefort's Escape

c. 1881

Oil on canvas

80 x 73 cms | 31 ^1/4 x 28 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

17 MPs

L'asperge

Asparagus

1880

c. 1879

Oil on canvas

47.3 x 58.1 cms | 18 ^1/2 x 22 ^3/4 ins

Walters Art Museum Baltimore | United States

31 MPs

The Rue Mosnier with Flags

1878

Oil on canvas

65.4 x 80 cms | 25 ^1/2 x 31 ^1/4 ins

Getty Center Los Angeles | United States

14 MPs

Self-Portrait

1878-1879

95.4 x 63.4 cms | 37 ^1/2 x 24 ^3/4 ins

16 MPs

Portrait d'Ernest Hoschedé et sa fille Marthe

Portrait of Ernest Hoschedé and His Daughter Marthe

1876

Oil on canvas

97 x 130 cms | 38 x 51 ins

10 MPs

Boy in Flowers

Jacques Hoschedé

1876

Oil on canvas

60 x 97 cms | 23 ^1/2 x 38 ins

National Museum of Western Art Taito | Japan

12 MPs

Plums

1875-1885

Oil on canvas

25 x 19.2 cms | 9 ^3/4 x 7 ^1/2 ins

Museum of Fine Arts Houston | United States

4 MPs

Le Polichinelle

Polichinello

1874

51 x 32.7 cms | 20 x 12 ^3/4 ins

2 MPs

The Toilers of the Sea

1873

Oil on canvas

63.5 x 79.3 cms | 25 x 31 ins

Museum of Fine Arts Houston | United States

42 MPs

Sur la plage

On the Beach

1873

Oil on canvas

95 x 73 cms | 37 ^1/4 x 28 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

13 MPs

Masked Ball at the Opera

1873

Oil on canvas

46.7 x 38.2 cms | 18 ^1/4 x 15 ins

Artizon Museum Chuo City | Japan

20 MPs

+ 1 more

Le Chemin de fer

The Railroad

1873

Oil on canvas

93.3 x 111.5 cms | 36 ^1/2 x 43 ^3/4 ins

National Gallery of Art Washington | United States

40 MPs

La dame aux éventails

Woman with Fans

1873

Oil on canvas

113.5 x 166.5 cms | 44 ^1/2 x 65 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

23 MPs

A Game of Croquet

1873

Oil on canvas

72 x 106 cms | 28 ^1/4 x 41 ^1/2 ins

Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main | Germany

11 MPs

+ 1 more

Berthe Morisot With a Bouquet of Violets

1872

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 cms | 19 ^1/2 x 15 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

9 MPs

Partie de Croquet à Boulogne–sur–Mer

Boy with the Sword

1862

17.3 x 26.4 cms | 6 ^3/4 x 10 ^1/4 ins

Museum of Fine Arts Houston | United States

4 MPs

La Nymphe surprise

The Surprised Nymph

1861

Oil on canvas

144 x 112 cms | 56 ^1/2 x 44 ins

8 MPs

The Ship's Deck

1860

56.4 x 47 cms | 22 x 18 ^1/2 ins

National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne | Australia

27 MPs

The Absinthe Drinker

1859

Oil on canvas

180.5 x 105.6 cms | 71 x 41 ^1/2 ins

Ny Carlberg Glyptotek København | Denmark

19 MPs

Portrait of Antonio Proust

56 x 46 cms | 22 x 18 ins

National Gallery in Prague Czech Republic

10 MPs

+ 1 more

Olympia

1863

Oil on canvas

130 x 190 cms | 51 x 74 ^3/4 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

23 MPs

+ 1 more

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Luncheon on the Grass

1862-1863

Oil on canvas

214.9 x 271 cms | 84 ^1/2 x 106 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

25 MPs

A Bar at the FoliesBergere

A Bar at the Crazy Shepherdess

1881-1882

Oil on canvas

95.9 x 130.2 cms | 37 ^3/4 x 51 ^1/4 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

At Le PÃ¨re Lathuile

1879

Oil on canvas

92 x 112 cms | 36 x 44 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

In the Conservatory

1879

Oil on canvas

115 x 150 cms | 45 ^1/4 x 59 ins

Staatliche Museen Berlin | Germany

less than 1 MP

The Races at Longchamp

1866

Oil on canvas

17 x 33 cms | 6 ^1/2 x 12 ^3/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

5 MPs

+ 1 more

The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil

1874

Oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP

La Rue Mosnier aux paveurs

Pavers on the Rue Mosnier

1878

less than 1 MP

Bullfight

1865-1866

Oil on canvas

18 x 23 cms | 7 x 9 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

+ 1 more

The Street Singer

c. 1862

Oil on canvas

175.2 x 108.5 cms | 68 ^3/4 x 42 ^1/2 ins

Museum of Fine Arts Boston | United States

15 MPs

George Moore (1852–1933)

1879

Pastel on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP

Young Man in the Costume of a Majo

1862

Oil on canvas

188 x 124.8 cms | 74 x 49 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP

A Matador

1866-1867

Oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP

+ 5 more

Young Lady with a Parrot

1866

Oil on canvas

185.1 x 128.6 cms | 72 ^3/4 x 50 ^1/2 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

11 MPs

Repose

1869-1870

Oil on canvas

147.8 x 111 cms | 58 x 43 ^1/2 ins

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Providence | United States

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

The Spanish Singer

1860

Oil on canvas

147.3 x 114.3 cms | 57 ^3/4 x 45 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

1 MPs

Woman Reading

1880-1881

Oil on canvas

24 x 19 cms | 9 ^1/4 x 7 ^1/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan

1874

Watercolor over traces of graphite on cream wove paper

209 x 168 cms | 82 ^1/4 x 66 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Portrait of Émilie Ambre in the role of Carmen

1880

Oil on canvas

95 x 75 cms | 37 ^1/4 x 29 ^1/2 ins

Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia | United States

less than 1 MP

Corner of a CaféConcert

1878-1880

Oil on canvas

98 x 79 cms | 38 ^1/2 x 31 ins

National Gallery London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Boy with Dog

1860-1861

Oil on canvas

92.1 x 71.8 cms | 36 ^1/4 x 28 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP

M. and Mme Auguste Manet

1860

Oil on canvas

111.5 x 91 cms | 43 ^3/4 x 35 ^3/4 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

less than 1 MP

+ 2 more

Berthe Morisot

1869-1873

Oil on canvas

91.1 x 76.5 x 7.3 cms | 35 ^3/4 x 30 x 2 ^3/4 ins

Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland | United States

9 MPs

+ 3 more

Claire Campbell

1882

Pastel

55.3 x 45.9 cms | 21 ^3/4 x 18 ins

Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland | United States

10 MPs

Christ with Angels

1864

Watercolour with gouache

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Portrait of Eva Gonzalès

1870

Oil on canvas

191 x 133 cms | 75 x 52 ^1/4 ins

National Gallery London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Portrait of Antonin Proust

1880

Oil on canvas

129.5 x 95.9 cms | 50 ^3/4 x 37 ^3/4 ins

Toledo Museum of Art Toledo | United States

28 MPs

Portrait of Emile Zola

1868

Oil on canvas

146 x 114 cms | 57 ^1/4 x 44 ^3/4 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers

c. 1865

Oil on canvas

190.8 x 148.3 cms | 75 x 58 ^1/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

+ 1 more

Le Bon Bock

A Good Glass of Beer

1873

Oil on canvas

94 x 83 cms | 37 x 32 ^1/2 ins

Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia | United States

21 MPs

The Fifer

1866

Oil on canvas

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Bathers on the Seine

Oil on canvas

Museu de Arte Brazil

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Woman with Fans [detail]

Nina de Callias

1873

Oil on canvas

113.5 x 166.5 cms | 44 ^1/2 x 65 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

9 MPs

+ 1 more

The House at Rueil

1882

1869

Oil on canvas

118 x 153.9 cms | 46 ^1/4 x 60 ^1/2 ins

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München | Germany

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

The Horsewoman

1875

Oil on canvas

Museu de Arte Brazil

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Woman with Fans

Nina de Callias

1873

Oil on canvas

113.5 x 166.5 cms | 44 ^1/2 x 65 ^1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

3 MPs

Woman in a Tub

1878-1879

Pastel on canvas

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher)

1860-1870

Oil on canvas

74 x 43 cms | 29 x 16 ^3/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

5 MPs

Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher)

1860-1870

Oil on canvas

73 x 43 cms | 28 ^1/2 x 16 ^3/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

5 MPs

Before the Mirror

1876

12 MPs

The Dead Christ with Angels

1864

Oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

1 MPs

La Régalade

Boy with Pitcher

1858-1877

Oil on canvas

24 x 21 cms | 9 ^1/4 x 8 ^1/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

8 MPs

The Grand Canal of Venice

Blue Venice

less than 1 MP

Le Suicidé

The Suicide

c. 1877

Oil on canvas

38 x 46 cms | 14 ^3/4 x 18 ins

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zürich | Switzerland

3 MPs

On The Beach

1873

Oil on canvas

59.4 x 72.9 cms | 23 ^1/4 x 28 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer

1868

Oil on canvas

32.4 x 66 cms | 12 ^3/4 x 26 ins

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond | United States

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

Racetrack near Paris

1864

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

Credit: Carol Gerten Fine Art Index

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

L'Evasion de Rochefort

1881

Oil on canvas

143 x 114 cms | 56 ^1/4 x 44 ^3/4 ins

Kunsthaus Zürich | Switzerland

8 MPs

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

The Brioche

1870

Oil on canvas

65.1 x 81 cms | 25 ^1/2 x 31 ^3/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

52 MPs

Fish (Still Life)

1864

Oil on canvas

28 x 36 cms | 11 x 14 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

The Salmon

c. 1868-c. 1869

Oil on canvas

72 x 92 cms | 28 ^1/4 x 36 ins

Shelburne Museum Shelburne | United States

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Basket of Fruit

c. 1864

Oil on canvas

37.7 x 44.4 cms | 14 ^3/4 x 17 ^1/4 ins

Museum of Fine Arts Boston | United States

26 MPs

Bouquet Of Violets

1872

Oil on canvas

22 x 27 cms | 8 ^1/2 x 10 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Two Roses On A Tablecloth

c. 1882-c. 1883

Oil on canvas

19.3 x 24.2 cms | 7 ^1/2 x 9 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Branch Of White Peonies With Pruning Shears

1864

Oil on canvas

31 x 46.5 cms | 12 x 18 ^1/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Portrait of Mme Jules Guillemet

1878

Oil on canvas

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Had Of A Man (Claude Monet)

1874

Pen and ink on paper/Pen in br

17 x 14 cms | 6 ^1/2 x 5 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP