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Who painted “Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet”?

“Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet” was painted by Édouard Manet in 1860. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet — Édouard Manet

Impressionism

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Édouard Manet: flat, bold contrasts with little half-tone, real blacks used as a colour, quick confident strokes, and modern Parisians who stare straight back at you.

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

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