The Absinthe Drinker
Artist: Édouard Manet
Year Composed: 1859
Artistic Movement: Impressionist
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
Year Composed: 1859
Artistic Movement: Impressionist
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
About the Artwork
Often considered to be his first major, original work of art, Édouard Manet's The Absinthe Drinker shows a man leaning against a wall with an empty bottle lying on the floor. It was ultimately rejected for the 1859 Paris Salon, mostly due to the inclusion of such an addictive substance. Manet's piece was the first major works to show absinthe as part of the subject. Manet continued to alter the painting until it was eventually sold in 1872.
About the Artist
Édouard Manet was born in Paris, France, and was one of the first painters to depict modern life within his art. This proved to be a pivotal transition between Realism into the realm of Impressionism, which Manet excelled. His loose brushstrokes that can be seen throughout his paintings highlight the elements of the Impressionist Age of art, and can be seen within his modern scenes of The Luncheon on the Grass (1863), Music in the Tuileries (1862), and Olympia (1863). Influenced by fellow Frenchman Gustave Courbet, Manet's paintings depicted the everyday life of French society.
About the Movement
Olympia was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Often considered to be his first major, original work of art, Édouard Manet's The Absinthe Drinker shows a man leaning against a wall with an empty bottle lying on the floor. It was ultimately rejected for the 1859 Paris Salon, mostly due to the inclusion of such an addictive substance. Manet's piece was the first major works to show absinthe as part of the subject. Manet continued to alter the painting until it was eventually sold in 1872.
About the Artist
Édouard Manet was born in Paris, France, and was one of the first painters to depict modern life within his art. This proved to be a pivotal transition between Realism into the realm of Impressionism, which Manet excelled. His loose brushstrokes that can be seen throughout his paintings highlight the elements of the Impressionist Age of art, and can be seen within his modern scenes of The Luncheon on the Grass (1863), Music in the Tuileries (1862), and Olympia (1863). Influenced by fellow Frenchman Gustave Courbet, Manet's paintings depicted the everyday life of French society.
About the Movement
Olympia was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark