Édouard Manet

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Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

Literature

  • Alain de Leiris, The Drawings of Édouard Manet', 1969
  • T. J. Clark, The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers, 1985

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