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The Escape of Henri de Rochefort by Manet
An 1880-1 oil on canvas painting, The Escape of Henri de Rochefort, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Henri de Rochfort escaped from the penal colony of New Caledonia in 1874, crossing the Indian Ocean in a small boat. The work shows the influence of impressionism on Manet with a lighter palette and vigorous brushstrokes. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Bibliography
- Howard, Michael. Encyclopedia of Impressionism. Thunder Bay Pr, 1997.
- Rodgers, Nigel. Manet. Lorenz Books, 2015.
- Roe, Sue. The Private Lives of the Impressionists. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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