Edouard Manet On January 29, 1832, Edouard Manet was born into a high-class family in Paris, France. ... To uphold the wealthy life style, Auguste Manet wanted Edouard to continue the tradition, and become a figure of the law as well. ... His uncle would also take Edouard and his friend, Antonin Proust on frequent outings to the Louvre. ... Edouard Manet has been called the father of Impressionism. ... Despite the beautiful works of art that Edouard Manet produced, I do not classify him as one of the master painters, because his paintings lacks the passion and energy of his contemporary ...

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Edouard Manet Edouard Manet To artists, Edouard Manet was seen as a revolutionary who revealed his inner self to radically change the style of painting in the 1900's. ... Unfortunately, Manet's father was strongly against this idea because he wished Manet to continue studying law. ... Among the many Edouard Manet paintings are two rather interesting pieces. ... His work separated pre-Manet paintings and post-Manet paintings into two worlds. ... On April 30, 1883, Edouard Manet died of gangrene of the foot, leaving behind him a famous legacy of art. ...

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Born to a wealthy family in 1832 in Paris, France, Édouard Manet began his artistic training in the atelier of Thomas Couture, who, though he identified as a Realist, was recognised as an innovative artist with his own unique style and technique. ... However, Manet didn't want to be an Impressionist. ... Looking at The Spanish Singer, and indeed at many of Manet's other paintings such as Young Flautist (1866) and Boy Carrying a Sword (1861), one could quite easily declare Manet a Realist, albeit not the most dedicated one. Some of Manet's works are more Impressionistic than o...

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First Short Essay A Bar at the Folies Bergere was painted by Edouard Manet. ... Her tired and rather bored expression may be largely a result of posing for long hours in Manet's studio. ... This was Manet's goa, he wanted people to see how he used reality of light and colour. ... The two exquisite pieces pf art, one by Renoir and the other by Manet had similarities. ... The paintings of Manet and Renoir was always detailed and mystified. ...

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The main members of the Impressionist group consisted of Claude Monet, Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Frédéric Bazille, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Armand Guillaumin, Édouard Manet , Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ... Manet worked in history painter and teacher, Thomas Couture's studio until 1856 and then he opened his own studio. ... Additionally, Manet also used multiple colours to represent a single tone. ... It was Manet's style of painting that influenced the other Impressionists' work...

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Courbet goes against many painters of his time because of the dangerous views that he takes but he sets a trend for others like Edouard Manet. ... The next painting is from Edouard Manet who was greatly influenced by Courbet. Manet was the first person to fully grasp Courbet's ideas. ... Courbet and Manet have a different opinion of realism Courbet said he couldn't paint angels because he has never seen them before and that would not be realism but Manet can paint them in a realistic manner. ...

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A French impressionism artist, Édouard Manet's painting, The Execution of Maximilian I (fig. 1),1868–69, oil on canvas, 99 3/16 x 118 7/8" (252 x 302 cm), Kunsthalle, Mannheim1 and Beijing-based artists, the Gao Brothers' sculptural installation, The Execution of Christ (fig. 2), 2009, bronze, life size, have been selected to represent the historical and contemporary works respectively. ... Hundred years later, the Gao Brothers appropriated from Edouard Manet's The Execution of Maximilian and created The Execution of Christ (fig.3). ... Unlike Manet's work, Gao Bro...

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Yet many of the rejection of his more ambitious works, notably the large-scale Women in the Garden, inspired Monet to join with Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Renoir, and others in establishing an independent exhibition in 1874. ... His homes and gardens became gathering places for friends, including Manet and Renoir, who often painted alongside their host. ... Monet was in Paris for several years and met other young painters, including Edouard Manet and others who would become friends and fellow Impressionists. ... In January 1865 Monet was working on a version of Le d...

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One modern artist, Edouard Manet saw women as uncertain, unpredictable and deceitful. In 1863, Manet presented his most notorious artwork to the Salon in, called, http://www.abcgallery.com/M/manet/manet7.html which caused uproar. ...

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However, the tree peony began to gain popularity throughout Europe in the end of the 18th and during the 19th century; when artists such as Renoir and Edouard Manet began to paint them. ... Manet's flower-pieces were brilliant departures from the tradition that required every bloom to be botanically precise and accurate, like those of the Dutch and Flemish artists of the seventeenth century who catered for the requirements of floriculturist patrons. ... This is what Manet does so effectively in his Peonies with the spontaneity and directness of brushwork that was always at his command. ...

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So they began their own group also later joined by Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne, Berthe Morisot, Armand Guillaumin, Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. ... He also purchased works by Degas, Manet, Renoir and Sisley to be the first Impressionist works to be viewed in London, though was not a great success. ... Maurice Denis, Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Aristide Maillol, and Felix Vallotton were also involved with the Nabis. ...

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In this paper, I will discuss Paul Gauguin's Nevermore, Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, and The Potato Eaters by Vincent van Gogh. ... A Bar at the Folies-Bergere was Manet's last masterpiece and is dated 1882. ... Critics' denounced Manet for his apparent "mistake- of omitting the customer in the composition (Levy, pg. 129). ... This clever device designed by Manet allows the viewer entrance into the painting as part of the café clientele. ... I feel Manet is trying to show that it is possible to be absolutely alienated and alone amidst a noisy crowd....

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I decided that the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan would be the best choice to go to for this particular assignment. Not only because it has a wide variety of modern artist's paintings but also for its fabulous architectural structure, though that is not what I was there for. So I"ll get to the point...

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French Impressionism Imagine I am the director of a new museum that was dedicated to 19th century art. I am in the process of building up a French Impressionism collection and have to choose between Morisot's Summer's Day or Renior's Bathers. As a director you want to choose the piece that best ...

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Many pieces of artwork are known quite well throughout history and appreciated for its various elements. However, I believe that art is something that, in the end, is perhaps the most subjective form of idea in our society, and as such it is not without reason for many to question it. Upon rese...

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France is the largest Western European country. Its area is about 213,000 square miles. France's population is about 58 million. There are 38 cities have over 100,000 people living in them, and 5 cities have over 300,000 people in them. The 5 largest cities are Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse...

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