Manet biography book

          A masterful biography: beautifully written, providing penetrating insights into the artist's works, and vivid detail about his life and times..

          A lively and expert account of Edouard Manet, one of the greatest French artists, whose striking realism has led to him being called the first modern.

          Edouard Manet

          (1832-1883)

          Who Was Edouard Manet?

          Edouard Manet was fascinated by painting at a young age. His parents disapproved of his interest, but he eventually went to art school and studied the old masters in Europe.

          Manet's most famous works include "The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia." Manet led the French transition from realism to impressionism. By the time of his death, in 1883, he was a respected revolutionary artist.

          Early Life

          Born in Paris on January 23, 1832, Manet he was the son of Auguste Manet, a high-ranking judge, and Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, the daughter of a diplomat and the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince.

          Affluent and well connected, the couple hoped their son would choose a respectable career, preferably law.

          The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft Ulrich Boser · The Poetics of Black: Manet's.

        1. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft Ulrich Boser · The Poetics of Black: Manet's.
        2. Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter.
        3. A masterful biography: beautifully written, providing penetrating insights into the artist's works, and vivid detail about his life and times.
        4. An account of the life, career and paintings of 19th century French artist Edouard Manet, with background information on the time.
        5. The book Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat, Beth Archer Brombert is published by University of Chicago Press.

          6. Manet refused. He wanted to create art.

          Manet's uncle, Edmond Fournier, supported his early interests and arranged frequent trips for him to the Louvre. His father, ever fearful that his family's prestige would be tarnis