... at the time for the lack of finish and skill of their work. 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 fluid approach to vivid colour and vigorous brushstrokes, can be considered to have been anticipating Impressionism. Indeed, Velasquez is widely recognised as Manet's most prominent influence, and as an instrumental figure in facilitating the shift from Realism to Impressionism. Goya was known for the imaginativ...

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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. Impression: Sunrise 1873; Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, one of Monet's ... west to Vétheuil, Poissy, and finally to the more rural Giverny in 1883. His homes and gardens became gathering places for friends, including Manet and Renoir, who often painted alongside their host. Yet Monet's paintings cast a surprisingly objective eye on these sc...

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