Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Édouard Manet 1867 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Finely dressed and carrying an elegant walking stick, influential French artist Édouard Manet appears before a stark background evocative of his own paintings as…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Brunet (Portrait of Madame Brunet) c.1860–1863, reworked by 1867 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 100 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This portrait’s bold brushwork, stark contrasts of light and dark, and frank presentation of the sitter…
(1819–1880) Jacob Offenbach “Le Petit Mozart des Champs-Élysées” Works: • Cancan • La Belle Hélène (1864) • La Fille du tambour-major (1879) • La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein (1867) • La Périchole (1868) • La Vie parisienne (1866) • Les Contes…
(1811–1872) Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier “Le bon Théo” Works: • Émaux et camées (1852) ◊ Enamels and Cameos (English) • La Comédie de la mort (1838) • Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) ◊ Captain Fracasse (English) • Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) • Ménagerie intime (1869) ◊ My Private Menagerie (English)…
(1821–1889) Jules François Félix Husson Works: • Les chats (1869) • Richard Wagner (1860) Champfleury in Art: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre 1854–1855 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Automne, Méry Laurent (Autumn, Mery Laurent) 1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 51 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy See also: • Laurent, Méry (1849-1900) | Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Méry Laurent au carlin (Méry Laurent with a Pug) 1882 Pastel on canvas, 53 x 34 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Méry Laurent (1849-1900)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust (Portrait of Antonin Proust) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Proust, Antonin (1832-1905)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust (Portrait of Antonin Proust) 1881 Oil on canvas, 183 x 110.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Antonin Proust was a key figure in artistic life under the Third Republic. Born in Niort in 1832, he studied…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Antonin Proust 1880 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 95.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo This portrait was painted in a single sitting using unprepared canvas. Exhibited at the 1880 Paris Salon, it was praised by some for…