In this gallery, we showcase 30 paintings by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), the French modernist artist who challenged the art Establishment with his choice of subjects and style. The selection here is presented in chronological sequence to show the artist's progression in style from his Spanish-inspired early works to the controversial nudes that gained him notoriety, and on to the later works which show the influence of impressionism. The gallery shows Manet's most celebrated works, family members, various haunts in Parisian café society, and his love of painting enigmatic characters in scenes capable of multiple interpretations.
An offence against modesty.
The reaction of Emperor Napoleon III (r. 1852-1870) to Manet's Lunch on the Grass.
The Absinthe Drinker by Manet
by Ny Carlsberg Glypotek
published on 11 March 2022
An 1859 oil on canvas painting, The Absinthe Drinker, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The first great work by Manet, his choice of a seemingly homeless man as his main subject and on such a large canvas (1.8 m/6 ft high) shocked critics. The artist added a lower strip to the original painting and so added the bottle. (Ny Carlsberg Glypotek, Copenhagen)
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