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An 1873 oil on canvas portrait, Le Bon Bok ('The Beer Drinker') by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. This vibrant portrait, inspired by the work of the 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Hals, was accepted by the 1873 Paris...

Portrait of Turgot (1727-1781), oil on canvas painting attributed to Antoine Graincourt, 1782. Palace of Versailles.

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...

An 1871 oil on canvas painting, Interior at Arcachon, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet was fond of painting calm domestic scenes, as here with his wife and (probable) son, Suzanne and Léon-Edouard Leenhoff...

An 1872 oil on canvas portrait, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Morisot, a noted impressionist painter in her own right, was a favourite subject of Manet's. This example...

An 1868 oil on canvas painting, Lunch in the Studio, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The central figure is very likely Léon-Edouard, probably Manet's son (but never officially recognised). As is typical of Manet's...

An 1867-8 oil on canvas painting, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Maximilian was a puppet emperor in Mexico who was executed following the withdrawal of French support. A controversial...

A c. 1862 oil on canvas painting, Fishing, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The couple on the right is the artist and his then mistress Suzanne Leenhoff. The work shows the artist's interest in painters like Peter...

An 1860 oil on canvas painting, The Spanish Singer, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The subject is here painted in a conservative style and, consequently, it was accepted by the Salon of Paris in 1861 and won a commendation...

An 1860 oil on canvas painting, Portrait of Monsieur & Madame Auguste Manet, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The artist's parents are here painted in a conservative style and, consequently, it was accepted by the...