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Artist a Day: ÉDOUARD MANET 

Artist a day! ÉDOUARD MANET  (1832-1883) Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. Manet explored Impressionism. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint everyday life and a focal figure in the shift from Realism to Impressionism.

Oil on canvas, 54 x 45 cm, 1883

Lilac and roses

Manet's Works

Oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm, 1869

The Salmon

Manet's Works

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Edouard Manet was influenced by painting at a young age. Manet's most notable works include "The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia."

Oil on canvas, 208 x 265.5 cm, 1863

The Luncheon on the Grass

Manet's Works

Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 190 cm, 1863

Olympia

Manet's Works

Manet affected the French evolution from realism to Impressionism. Precedently of his death in 1883, he was an esteemed innovative artist.

Oil on canvas, 92.8 x 73.5 cm, 1882

The House at Rueil

Manet's Works

Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm, 1862

Lola de Valence

Manet's Works

Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.4 cm, 1870

Effect of Snow at  Petit-Montrouge

Manet's Works

1874 was chiefly notable for the progress of Manet's friendship with the young Impressionist artist Claude Monet, with whom he created on the banks of the Seine painting.

Oil on canvas, 149 x 115 cm, 1874

Argentuil

Manet's Works

"I paint what I see and not what others like to see." "There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.” 

Famous Quotes by  Édouard Manet

Oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm, 1882

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

Manet's Works

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm, 1862

Music in the Tuileries Garden

Manet's Works

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