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Édouard Manet

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Édouard Manet

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Also known as Edouard Manet, Éduard Manet, Eduard Manė, Eduard Manet, Manet, e. manet, manet e., ed. manet

French painter (1832–1883)

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Édouard Manet was a male artist from France. His work period began in 1859 and ended in 1882. He was born in 1832 and died in 1883.

His notable works include *Manet's The dead toreador and The bullfight*, *Edourd Mane, Spanish dancers*, *Édouard Manet e La musique aux Tuileries*, *Over Rembrandt*, and *Manet, en het tweede leven van de kunst*. He is referenced by 1,521 other encyclopedia articles.

A quote attributed to him asks, "Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?"

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1832
Died
1883
Works
112

Top works

  • Manet's The dead toreador and The bullfight
  • Edourd Mane
  • Spanish dancers
  • Édouard Manet e La musique aux Tuileries
  • Over Rembrandt, Manet, en het tweede leven van de kunst

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1832-01-23
Active to
1883-04-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • I don't know why I'm here. Everything before our eyes is ridiculous. The light is wrong, the shadows are wrong. When I enter in the studio I feel like I am entering a tomb [in the studio of their common art-teacher Thoman Couture ]. I know we can't make a model undress in the street. But there are fields, and at least in the summer we could do studies of the nude in the country, since the nude appears to be the first and the last word in art.
  • So, they'd prefer me to do a nude, would they? Fine I'll do them a nude.. .I'll redo it [his painted copy of Giorgioni's 'Woman with musicians'], with a transparent atmosphere, like those women over there [women bathing in the river, Summer of 1862]. Then I suppose they'll really tear me to pieces. They'll tell me I'm just copying the Italians now, rather than the Spanish. Ah, well, they can say what they like. [the painting Manet means here became his most famous one: 'Déjeuner sur l'herbe'].
  • How I miss you here [his friend in Paris - Manet visited Madrid and the famous museums there], and how delighted you would have been to see Velázquez, who in himself alone is worth the journey.. .He is the painter of painters. He did not astonish me, but delighted me.
  • Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?
  • I should be going with Champfleury and Stevens, but they keep putting it off. Anyway, they are bloody bores. Excuse the unseeming language, but since my letter is not for publication, I can say what I please. Touché.
  • My dear Zola, - I am making up my mind to hold a private show. I have at least two score pictures to exhibit. I've already already been offered a site in a very good location near the Champ de Mars. I am going to stake the lot and seconded by men like yourself, am hopeful of success. See you soon. Cordially, yours ever, All of us here are delighted with your article, and I am instructed to send you thanks.

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Édouard Manet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Édouard Manet ( UK: /ˈmæneɪ/, US: /mæˈneɪ, məˈ-/; 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.

Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the naval career originally envisioned for him; he became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (French: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) and Olympia, premiering in 1863 and '65, respectively, caused great controversy with both critics and the Academy of Fine Arts, but soon were praised by progressive artists as the breakthrough acts to the new style, Impressionism. These works, along with others, are considered watershed paintings that mark the start of modern art. The last 20 years of Manet's life saw him form bonds with other great artists of the time; he developed his own simple and direct style that would be heralded as innovative and serve as a major influence for future painters.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Édouard Manet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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