Tag: Manet

Cézanne et Moi (2016)

Cézanne and I Director: Danièle Thompson Producer: Albert Koski Screenplay: Danièle Thompson Genre: Biography | Drama Music: Éric Neveux Country: France Language: French Studio: Pathé Release date: 2016 Running time: 116 minutes Guillaume Canet (1973) as Émile Zola (1840-1902) Guillaume…

Le chanteur espagnol (c.1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) c.1861 Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 28.58 × 21.59 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Spanish Singer is among the earliest masterpieces in watercolor produced by Edouard Manet. It…

Femme au perroquet (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…

La pêche (1862-1863)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La pêche (Fishing) c.1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 123.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Patterned after elements in landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens, the present painting gives currency to Delacroix‘s recommendation to Manet: “Look…

Les funérailles (c.1867)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les funérailles (The Funeral) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s unfinished painting is thought to depict the funeral of the writer Charles Baudelaire, which took place on September…

Le Chanteur espagnol (1860)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) 1860 Oil on canvas, 147.3 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which reflects the Parisian vogue for Spanish art and culture during the Second Empire, won…

L’Enfant à l’épée (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Enfant à l’épée (Boy with a Sword) 1861 Oil on canvas, 131.1 x 93.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s stepson, Léon Koëlla-Leenhoff, recalled that he had posed for this picture in 1861, when he…

Le Matador saluant (1866-1867)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Matador saluant (A Matador) 1866–1867 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 113 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The matador is the illustrious Cayetano Sanz y Pozas (1821–1890), who Manet saw in action during an 1865…

Le Christ mort et les anges (1864)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Christ mort et les anges (The Dead Christ with Angels) 1864 Oil on canvas, 179.4 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious…