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Le fumeur (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le fumeur (The Smoker) 1866 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This working-class character was one of many ordinary Parisians painted by Manet in the 1860s. A year before making this portrait,…

L’Enfant au biscuit (c.1899)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’Enfant au biscuit (Child with a Biscuit) c.1899 Color lithograph, 31.5 x 26.2 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Renoir, Jean (1894-1979)

Femme à l’éventail (c.1869-1870)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Femme à l’éventail (Lady with a Fan) c.1869–1870 Pastel on paper affixed to board, 42.5 x 27 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Like Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and other women who found recognition in the male-dominated…

Psiche (1793-1794)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Psiche (Psyche) 1793–1794 Marble, 150 x 50 x 60 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen Taking as his inspiration the Late Antique text Asinus aureus (The Golden Ass) by Apuleius, Antonio Canova, the outstanding sculptor of Italian Neoclassicism, interpreted the…

Jeune Fille aux cerises (c.1870)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Jeune Fille aux cerises (Girl with Cherries) c.1870 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 47.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The daughter of an affluent and cultured family, Eva Gonzalès was Édouard Manet’s first and only official pupil. Girl…

La Matinée rose (1874)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La Matinée rose (The Pink Morning) 1874 Pastel on paper and canvas frame, 93.8 x 74.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

La Femme au chat (c.1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm Tate Britain, London This unfinished portrait is of Manet‘s wife. It is one of his later works, painted a few years before his…