Édouard Manet (1832 – 1883) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th century artists to paint modern life, and was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. His early masterworks “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe” (The luncheon on the Grass) and “Olympia”, both painted in 1863, caused great controversy and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism. Today, these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.
This is part 8 of a 9 – part post on the works of Édouard Manet. For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 7 also.
1880 A Bunch of Asparagus:
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| 1880 A Bunch of Asparagus oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Colgne, Germany |
Manet sold Charles Ephrussi A Bunch of Aspargusfor eight hundred francs. But Ephrussi sent him a thousand francs, so Manet painted this single Asparagus and sent him a note saying “There was one missing from your bunch.”
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| 1880 Asparagus oil on canvas 16.5 x 21.5 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris © Musée d'Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais |
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| 1879-82 Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier pastel on canvas 55.9 x 46.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1879c Eva Gonzales pastel on paper 42 x 33 cm Private Collection |
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| 1879c George Moore in the Artist's Garden oil on canvas 54.6 x 45.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1879c In the Bar (Le Bouchon) oil on canvas Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow |
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| 1879c Portrait of a Lady oil on wood 15 x 11.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1879c Portrait of Monsieur Brun oil on canvas National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo |
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| 1879c Singer at a Café-Concert oil on canvas Rouart Collection, Paris |
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| 1879c The Railway Restaurant pen and brown ink on wove paper 19.6 x 27.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1880 Head of a Woman and Head of a Bearded Man watercolour and brush and grey wash on cream wove paper Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1880 Isabelle Diving watercolour on wove paper 20 x 12.3 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1880 Madame Manet at Bellevue oil on canvas 80.6 x 60.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1880 Mother in the Garden at Bellevue oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1880 Parisienne, Portrait of Madame Jules Guillemet pastel on canvas Ordrupgaard Collection, Copenhagen |
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| 1880 Pears oil on canvas19 x 24.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1880 Portrait of Countess Albazzi pastel on primed canvas 56.5 x 46.5 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Thannhauser Collection, Bequest, Hilde Thannhauser, 1991 |
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| 1880 Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen oil on canvas 92.4 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 1880 Portrait of M. Antonin Proust oil on canvas 129.5 x 96 cm Toledo Museum of Art. Ohio |
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| 1880 Portrait of Madame du Paty pastel on canvas 55.2 x 35.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 Still Life with Brioche oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1880 Suzanne Manet at Bellevue brush and black wash over graphite on wove paper 15.7 x 11.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1880 The Garden at Bellevue oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 The Ham oil on canvas Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, UK |
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| 1880 The Lemon oil on canvas 14 x 22 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1880 Two Apples watercolour over graphite on wove paper 18.8 x 13.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1880 Young Woman by the Sea watercolour and graphite on paper 17.2 x 12.7 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 Young Woman in the Garden oil on canvas 153.7 x 116.8 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 Young Woman Taking a Walk, Holding an Open Umbrella pastel on canvas 60 x 50 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880-81 Portrait of M. Pertuiset, the Lion Hunter oil on canvas 149.9 x 170.2 cm Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil |
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| 1880-81 The Escape of Rochefort oil on canvas 146 x 116.2 cm Kunsthaus, Zurich |
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| 1880-82 La Viennoise, Portrait of Irma Brunner pastel on canvas 57 x 36 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880-82c La Viennoise, Portrait of Irma Brunner pastel on board 54 x 45.7 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1880c Cucumber with Leaves watercolour and grey wash on laid paper 33.7 x 26 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1880c Eglantines watercolour on paper 20 x 12.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880c Interior of a Café pastel Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries,UK |
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| 1880c Lady in a fur pastel on canvas 55 x 45 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna |
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| 1880c Portrait of Alphonse Maureau pastel with gouache on canvas prepared with a gouache ground 54.7 x 45.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1880c Portrait of the Composer Emmanual Chabrier pastel on canvas Ordrupgaard Collection, Copenhagen |
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| 1880c Sketches of Snails, Flowering Plant watercolour over touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper 19.8 x 12.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1880c The Melon oil on canvas 46.7 x 6.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| 1880c The Promenade oil on canvas 92.3 x 70.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880c Woman with a Cat oil on canvas 92.1 x 73 cm The National Gallery, London on loan from Tate, London |
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| 1881 (attributed to) Emmanuel Chabrier oil on canvas Harvard University Art Museums, Boston, MA |
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| 1881 Autumn, Portrait of Mery Laurent in a Brown Fur Cape oil on canvas 73 x 50.8 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France |
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| 1881 Dead Eagle Owl oil on canvas 97 x 64 cm Foundation E.G. Bührle, Zurich |
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| 1881 Head of a Young Woman (pastel?) 53 x 44.4 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Canada |
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