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Manet, Edouard (b. Jan. 23, 1832, Paris, France--d. April 30, 1883, Paris) French painter and printmaker who in his own work accomplished the transition from the realism of Gustave Courbet to Impressionism. Manet broke new ground in choosing subjects from the events and appearances of his own time and in stressing the definition of painting as the arrangement of paint areas on a canvas over and ...

Overview | Technical Note | Start Tour Overview This Web feature, adapted from the National Gallery's MicroGallery, focuses on Edouard Manet's painting, The Railway. It discusses the creator, whose depictions of modern life greatly influenced other artists and writers of his time, and examines the context of the painting in relation to the rapidly changing city of Paris of the late-nineteenth ...

Edouard Manet images and biography The Artchive needs EVERYONE to help! If you enjoy this site, please click here to find out how YOU can help to keep it online. Search artchive.com and wwar.com (1832-1883) See also: Impressionism VIEW IMAGE LIST (The following biography was written by Lisa MacDonald especially for the Artchive.) Edouard Manet was born into the ranks of the Parisian bourgeoisie ...