Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883)
Vase de pivoines (Vase of Peonies)
c.1875–1876
Oil on canvas, 79.85 × 63.34 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Eva Gonzales was Édouard Manet‘s only formal student and modeled frequently for several members of the Impressionist group. A plethora of Self-Portraits executed in Manet’s manner were soon followed by images of domestic life and still life studies in her own more personal style. She married the graphic artist Henri Guérard in 1879 but died shortly thereafter in childbirth. (MIA)