Who painted “The Fif”?

“The Fif” was painted by Édouard Manet in 1866. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

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 Balcony”, 1868
“Le Suicidé”, 1879
“Music in the Tuileries”, 1862
“The Railway”, 1873