Working in a unique style, Manet bridged the gap between two major art movements:RealismandImpressionism.
Who is Edouard Manet?
Edouard Manet, Self-Portrait with Palette (ca.
Édouard Manet “The Luncheon on the Grass” (1863) (Photo:Google Art ProjectPublic Domain)
Because of his radical selection of subject matter, Manet considered himself a Realist for most of his career.
Though a seemingly mundane scene, it features one particularly peculiar detail: one of the women is nude.
So, they’d prefer me to do a nude, would they?
Édouard Manet, “Self-Portrait with Palette” (ca. 1879) Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
he remarked in a letter to French journalist Antonin Proust in 1862.
Fine I’ll do them a nude .
Then I suppose they’ll really tear me to pieces.
Édouard Manet “The Luncheon on the Grass” (Detail)
They’ll tell me I’m just copying the Italians now, rather than the Spanish.
Ah, well, they can say what they like.
Marcantonio Raimondi, The Judgment of Paris (ca.
Giorgione and/or Titian, “The Pastoral Concert” (1509) (Photo viaWikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Marcantonio Raimondi, “The Judgment of Paris” (ca. 1510–20) (Photo:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic Domain)
Marcantonio Raimondi, “The Judgment of Paris” (Detail)
