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Édouard Manet ( January 23, – April 30, ) was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. His early masterworks The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia engendered great controversy, and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism—today these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.

Biography

Early life

Édouard Manet was born in Paris in to an affluent and well connected family. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernadotte, from whom the current Swedish monarchs are descended. His father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge who expected Édouard to pursue a career in law. His uncle, Charles Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and often took young Manet to the Louvre.

From to , after failing the examination to join the navy, Manet studied under the academic painter Thomas Couture. In his spare time he copied the old masters in the Louvre.

He visited Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, during which time he absorbed the influences of the Dutch painter Frans Hals, and the Spanish artists Diego Velázquez and Francisco José de Goya.

In , he opened his own studio. His style in this period was characterized by loose brush strokes, simplification of details, and the suppression of transitional tones. Adopting the current style of realism initiated by Gustave Courbet, he painted The Absinthe Drinker () and other contemporary subjects such as beggars, singers, Gypsies, people in cafés, and bullfights. After his early years, he rarely painted religious, mythological, or historical subjects; examples include his Christ Mocked, now in the Art Institute of Chicag

French salonnière and demimonde

Méry Laurent, born Anne Rose Suzanne Louviot (29 April - 26 November ), was a demi-mondaine (courtesan) and the muse of several Parisian artists. She used to run her own “salon” where she hosted many French (and even American) writers and painters of her time: Stéphane Mallarmé, Émile Zola, Marcel Proust, François Coppée, Henri Gervex, James Whistler, and Édouard Manet.

Biography

Anne Rose Suzanne Louviot was born in Nancy in She was the daughter of a woman who worked as a laundress in Marshal Francois Certain De Canrobert's household, and of an unknown father. Her laundress mother sold her year-old daughter's virginity to Canrobert, so that her daughter would become Canorbert's mistress and receive an annuity for life of francs per month. When she turned 16, this enabled her to go in Paris, where she started a brief career as an actress. She played light comedies at The Théâtre des Variétés; the role of her lifetime there was the Venus Anadyomene, posing naked on her shell; at the Théâtre du Châtelet, she also played Offenbach's féeries.

In , after becoming a high-class prostitute, she met Thomas W. Evans, an extremely wealthy American dental surgeon who tended to many high-profile people, and even royal families. He made her his mistress and helped her settle down at 52, rue de Rome, where she held her “salon”, hosting all of the Parisian artistic avant-garde. Through this occasion, she became the mistress of Francois Coppée, Stéphane Mallarmé, Antonin Proust, as well as Edouard Manet's mistress and model.

When Laurent died, she bequeathed her wealth to Victor Margueritte, her last favorite and "prot

Marie Colombier is part of the provenance/ownership history of Sir William Burrell's collection for the work entitled 'Marie Colombier' by Edouard Manet. Epitomising the life of the demi-monde in late s' Paris, the actress and writer, achieved world-wide notoriety due to her acrimonious and bizarre relationship with the renowned French actress, Sarah Bernhardt.

Her father, Pablo Martinez, was an army officer who had found refuge in France. However, by the time Marie was seven years old she and her mother were living in Paris. Precocious from an early age, at 15 she went to Belgium to enrol for acting lessons at the Th&#;&#;tre de la Monnaie in Brussels.

Returning to Paris in , she entered the prestigious Conservatoire National Sup&#;rieur d'Art Dramatique, obtaining in , a first and second place prize for tragedy and comedy, respectively. Making her debut in , she worked diligently, mastering her craft and in was 'discovered' by the illustrious George Sand, who employed Marie to play in her new work, 'L'Autre', whose leading lady was the famous Sarah Bernhardt.

In Marie embarked on an eight-month tour of America and Canada with her friend and fellow actress. Relationships soured somewhat on the trip, perhaps due to Bernhardt's preference for another actress in the r&#;le of the company's secondary female lead. Whatever transpired, by the time the company had returned to France, Marie had begun work on two pamphlets about Bernhardt's behaviour on the tour and in general, the first being entitled, 'Voyage de Sarah Bernhardt en Am&#;rique' published in , followed by the even more scurrilous, 'Les M&#;moires de Sarah Barnum' in

The scandal was enormous and a huge financial success, with the first edition of the 'Les M&#;moires' of 10, books selling out in Paris in just three days. Vilification by Bernhardt's supporters as an 'outrage aux bones moeurs' only served to h

French painter (–)

"Manet" redirects here. For other uses, see Manet (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Claude Monet, another painter of the same era.

Édouard Manet (, ;French:[edwaʁmanɛ]; 23 January &#;– 30 April ) 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.

Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the naval career originally envisioned for him; he became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur l'herbe) or Olympia, "premiering" in and '65, respectively, caused great controversy with both critics and the Academy of Fine Arts, but soon were praised by progressive artists as the breakthrough acts to the new style, Impressionism. These works, along with others, are considered watershed paintings that mark the start of modern art. The last 20 years of Manet's life saw him form bonds with other great artists of the time; he developed his own simple and direct style that would be heralded as innovative and serve as a major influence for future painters.

Early life

Édouard Manet was born in Paris on 23 January , in the ancestral hôtel particulier (mansion) on the Rue des Petits Augustins (now Rue Bonaparte) to an affluent and well-connected family. He had two younger brothers, Eugène (born ) and Gustave (born ). His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the daughter of a diplomat and goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince Charles Bernadotte, from whom the Swedish monarchs are desc