Hello, Artenauta! Today we are going to tell you about a French painter known for the great influence he had on the impressionist movement: Édouard Manet.
- He was born in Paris (France), on January 23, 1832, into a well-to-do family.
- At the age of sixteen he tried to enter the French Naval Academy, where he was rejected twice.
- After the refusal of the Naval Academy, he became interested in art, becoming a student of Thomas Couture. At the age of five he left the workshop because he considered the teachings he was receiving to be outdated.
- He was a regular visitor to the Louvre Museum, where he studied and copied the works of the great masters such as Rembrandt, Titian and Goya.
- He traveled around Europe with the intention of getting in touch with the great artists of the time.
- Later, on another trip, he would become acquainted with Spanish baroque painting, which would profoundly influence his later work.
- After a period in which the painter’s work tended towards tenebrism, the artist developed a daring technique, bright and light, which aroused the interest of younger artists, including the impressionist movement.
- Died in Paris (France) on April 30, 1883.
Famous works by Édouard Manet
The surprised nymph. National Museum of Fine Arts (Argentina). 1860
Olympia. Musée d’Orsay (Paris). 1863
The fife. Musée d’Orsay (Paris). 1866
We hope this post has been interesting and has helped you to know Manet a little better and, as always, we invite you to continue researching to learn more about his work.
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