Suzanne Manet was a Dutch-born pianist and the wife of the painter Édouard Manet, for whom she frequently modeled.
Édouard Manet, Mme Manet at the Piano, 1867–1868, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Édouard Manet, Interior at Arcachon (Mme Manet and Léon Leenhoff), 1871, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Edgar Degas, M. and Mme Édouard Manet, 1868–1869,
Édouard Manet, The Startled Nymph, 1859-1861
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.
Manet in 1866 or 1867
Image: Manet, Edouard 05 1832 1883 Signature
Manet's portrait painted by Henri Fantin-Latour
Music in the Tuileries, 1862