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Who painted it?
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.
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What to look for
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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More by Édouard Manet
- “Luncheon on the Grass”, 1863
- “Olympia”, 1863
- “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère”, 1882
- “The Execution of Emperor Maximilian”
- “The Fif”, 1866
- “The Balcony”, 1868
- “Le Suicidé”, 1879
- “Music in the Tuileries”, 1862