Short Note On Edouard Manet

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Edouard Manet Edouard Manet was born in Paris, France on January 23rd, 1832 to highly regarded and respected parents. His father, Auguste Manet was a well-respected judge and his mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournie was of the royal bloodline. His parents had high expectations for Edouard in hopes that he would also be a man of high regard, however Edouard failed to meet those expectations as he gained his passion for art at a young age, and knew that was what he was destined to be. However, they would soon become supportive of his passion and allow him to attend art school in Europe under Thomas Couture, a well-known French painter and history professor. Edouard’s aspirations came from his uncle, Edmond Fournier, who by visiting the Louvre Museum, …show more content…

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe created by Edouard Manet in 1862-1863, in Paris, France. The photograph above depicts a painting done by Edouard of a nude female, a dressed man, in presence of a bourgeois man, sitting countryside. This painting was against the norms of the established way of creating art. The scantily clad woman suggested that she was possibly a prostitute which is one of the many reasons why this painting was rejected being displayed by many establishments. 2. Olympia created by Edouard Manet in 1863 in Paris, France. It is blatantly obvious as to why the painting pictured above, Olympia sparked major controversy. Edouard again, painted a nude woman, who was often the subject of Edouards paintings. This woman was Olympia and was being brought flowers by her African American servant. There are many underlying meanings to this photo such as the name Olympia itself, which was a name that was associated with prostitutes in Paris. There are many symbols of wealth that are also depicted in this painting such as the flower in her hair, her jewelry, as well as the …show more content…

“Unlike Couture Manet did not build up his paint colors into a thick glaze, but rather intended each piece of paint he applied to the canvas to be seen by the public (known as the alla prima style)” (Artble, 2017). Alla prima, meaning all at once. He also preferred to paint with contrasting colors which gave his work different dark tones and shadows. His techniques are one of the many reasons why Edouard Manet was a revolutionary artist. He was not afraid of being rejected by his controversial paintings, and he painted them in such a way that created an uprising and changed the way many painted. The alla prima style quickly spread throughout Paris and was seen more often in different paintings. Not only that, but “Manet instigates a move away not only from earlier forms of art or earlier forms of thought but also away from an overarching idea of Christian thinking, and towards a materialist and immanent approach to art and thought as spiritual practices” (Petra,

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