Manet, Edouard

(b. Jan. 23, 1832, Paris, France--d. April 30, 1883, Paris)

French painter and printmaker who in his own work accomplished the transition from the realism of Gustave Courbet to Impressionism. Manet broke new ground in choosing subjects from the events and appearances of his own time and in stressing the definition of painting as the arrangement of paint areas on a canvas over and above its function as representation. Exhibited in 1863 at the Salon des Refusés, his Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe ("Luncheon on the Grass") aroused the hostility of the critics and the enthusiasm of a group of young painters who later formed the nucleus of the Impressionists. His other notable works include Olympia (1863) and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882).

39.5K, 682 x 468	MORE INFO Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) Painted: 1863 Oil on canvas 81 x 101 cm Musee d'Orsay	MORE INFO Le Fifre (The Fifer) Painted: 1866 Oil on canvas 160 x 98 cm Musée d'Orsay Paris	100.3K, 710 x 1220
47.3K, 608 x 837	MORE INFO Young Girl on the Threshold of the Garden at Bellevue Painted: 1880 Private Collection	MORE INFO Olympia Painted: 1863 Oil on canvas 130.5 x 190 cm Musee d'Orsay Paris	130.3K, 1115 x 749
19.4K, 636 x 435	MORE INFO Branch of White Peonies and Pruning Shears Painted: 1864 Musée d'Orsay Paris	Portrait d'Emile Zola Painted: 1868 Oil on canvas 146 x 114 cm Musee d'Orsay Paris	115.8K, 819 x 1045
127.9K, 762 x 1082	The Balcony Painted: 1869 Oil on canvas 170 x 124 cm Musee d'Orsay Paris	Banc (Bench)	57.9K, 604 x 459
44.4K, 630 x 462	Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère Painted: 1881-82 This sparkling portrayal shows extensive use of peinture claire, a technique Manet himself evolved. Courtauld Institute Galleries London	On the Beach Painted: 1873 Musée d'Orsay Paris	24.5K, 620 x 476
24.7K, 636 x 384	Grapes, Peaches and Almonds Painted: 1864 Musée d'Orsay Paris	Monet Painting in His Floating Studio Painted: 1874 (this artwork shows the painter's passion for open-air painting) Staatsgemaldesammlungen Munich	36.6K, 579 x 476
174.5K, 948 x 758	Le Chemin de Fer (The Railroad) Painted: 1872-73 Oil on canvas 93 x 114 cm National Gallery of Art Washington	Le Repos Painted: 1870	40.2K, 545 x 734
157.2K, 828 x 1016	Le serveuse de bocks (The Waitress) Painted: 1879 Oil on canvas 77.5 x 65 cm Musee d'Orsay Paris