Édouard Manet
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Born: 1832
Died: 1883 Main Artistic Movement: Impressionism Nationality: French Floor Found in Château: Third Floor Room Found in Château: Fourth Bedroom |
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
Manet worked 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.
Fun Fact: Manet created lithographs (or a style of printmaking using stone and ink) for Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.
Resources: Ross King, The Judgement of Paris, (Paris, France: La Salon des Refusés, 1863), 20-21.
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
Manet worked 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.
Fun Fact: Manet created lithographs (or a style of printmaking using stone and ink) for Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.
Resources: Ross King, The Judgement of Paris, (Paris, France: La Salon des Refusés, 1863), 20-21.
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