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Édouard Manet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manet broke new ground in choosing subjects from the events and appearances of his own time and in stressing the definition of painting as the arrangement of paint areas on a canvas over and above its function as representation. , a technique Manet himself evolved.
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Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris into the family of August Manet, an officer in the Ministry of Justice, and his wife Eugénie-Désirée, née Fournier, daughter of a diplomat. Edouard Manet at Artprice. To look at auction records, find Manet's works in upcoming auctions,
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Edouard Manet images and biography (The following biography was written by Lisa MacDonald especially for the Artchive.) Edouard Manet was born into the ranks of the Parisian bourgeoisie on January 29, 1832. His Mother, Eugenie-Desiree Fournier, was a woman of refinement and god daughter of Charles Bernadotte,
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Edouard Manet. The Absinthe Drinker. 1858-1859. Oil on canvas. Ny Carlsberg-Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Manet, Édouard (ādwär' mänā') [key], 1832–83, French painter, b. Paris. The son of a magistate, Manet went to sea rather than study law.
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Birth name Édouard Manet Édouard Manet was born in Paris on January 23, 1832, to an affluent and well connected family. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernadotte, from whom the current Swedish monarchs are descended.
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Edouard Manet [French Realist/Impressionist Painter, 1832-1883] Guide to pictures of works by Edouard Manet in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Edouard Manet Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link.
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The Absinthe Drinker, 1859, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. 64KB Concert in the Tuileries, 1860-62, oil on canvas, National Gallery at London.
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Édouard Manet set to work almost immediately, and by early 1869 he had completed a series of four paintings and one lithograph of the subject.
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