Édouard Manet
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: In a relatively short career of just over twenty years, Manet challenged the conventions of European art by creating a body of paintings, drawings, and etchings manifesting novel approaches both to form and to content. His works and his career were the focal points of the struggle for artistic independence waged by a generation of French artists and writers in the mid-nineteenth century.
Early Life
Édouard Manet was born in Paris at 5 rue de Grands Augustins, a street bordering the Seine, not far from the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame. His...
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