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La Parisienne (1883)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Parisienne (A Parisian Lady) 1883 Oil on canvas, 192 x 125 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm This painting shows the actress Ellen André as a Parisienne, who lived and moved in the modern commercial city. Socially, she was often a…

La lecture (c.1868)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La lecture (The Reading) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon | Manet, Suzanne

Monsieur et Madame Auguste Manet (1860)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Monsieur et Madame Auguste Manet (Manet’s parents) 1860 Oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Fournier, Eugénie Désirée, Mme Auguste Manet | Manet, Auguste

Le Fifre (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Fifre (The Fifer) 1866 Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 97 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, who found in a Spanish manner and subject matter an outlet for his own talent, did not visit Spain and the Prado…

Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus (1868)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus (Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus) 1868 Oil on canvas, 115.7 x 72.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford After twice failing the entrance exam to train as a naval officer, Édouard Manet (1832–83) went to Paris to pursue…

Le balcon (1868-1869)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le balcon (The Balcony) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 170 x 125 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris When Manet painted this piece, scenes of bourgeois life were in vogue. Yet The Balcony went against the conventions of the day. All…

Autoportrait au chapeau (1878-1879)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Autoportrait au chapeau (Self-Portrait with Cap) 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 95.4 x 63.4 cm Artizon Museum, Tokyo Manet is best known for depicting the manners and customs of modern Paris, but he was also a master of portrait…

Autoportrait (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1876 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA In the first flush of major success as an artist, Renoir depicts himself in front of an easel. By 1876, he had participated in the…

Jeunes filles au piano (c.1889)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 46.36 cm Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano 1892 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au…