Édouard Manet
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Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Portrait photograph by Nadar, c. 1866–1867
Manet, Edouard 05 1832 1883 Signature
Édouard Manet by Henri Fantin-Latour (1867), Art Institute of Chicago
Music in the Tuileries, 1862
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe – originally titled Le Bain – is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet created in 1862 and 1863.
Édouard Manet
…political connections, Manet rejected the naval career originally envisioned for him; he became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (French: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) and Olympia, premiering in 1863 and '65, respectively, caused great controversy with both critics and the Academy of…
Edouard Manet Luncheon on the Grass Google Art Project
Édouard Manet – Déjeuner sur l'herbe (earlier version at the Courtauld)
Judgement of Paris Engraving (c. 1515) by Marcantonio Raimondi to a design by Raphael
The Pastoral Concert (c. 1510) by Giorgione or Titian, Louvre, Paris, cited as an inspiration for Manet's painting