Who painted “Nana”?

“Nana” was painted by Édouard Manet in 1877. Where to see it: Hamburger Kunsthalle.

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

Test yourself: a round on Édouard Manet

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