The Muse of Edouard Manet by M. Clifford

Emily Porterfield is a conservator of paintings in 21st century Chicago. Clifford (Author) 15 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 32.00 1 Used from 32.00 Edouard Manet is an infamous painter in 19th century Paris. In the truthfulness of the approach and manner, the writer detected a truly modern feeling. The Muse of Edouard Manet Paperback Maby M. The work, rejected by the jury of the Salon of 1866, is one of those which fired Emile Zola's enthusiasm for Manet. The palette is narrow, with the faintest borderline between the horizontal plane of ground and the vertical plane of the background, painted in a fairly uniform grey and utterly plain.

Not only does Manet upset established hierarchies of representation, but he also uses daringly simplified language: solid areas of colour, very obvious in the black parts, a few modelling effects for the flesh and the instrument case, and thick streaks of white which underline the folds of the fabric. An ordinary, nameless child from the band is therefore treated like a Spanish grandee. When he returned to Paris, Manet applied these principles to a contemporary subject. the background disappears: it is air which surrounds the fellow, dressed all in black and full of life'. He was particularly impressed by Velasquez's Pablo de Valladolid and told his friend Fantin-Latour: ' the most astonishing piece of painting ever done. 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. Manet, who found in a Spanish manner and subject matter an outlet for his own talent, did not visit Spain and the Prado Museum until 1865. Édouard Manet (UK: / m æ n e /, US: / m æ n e, m -/ French: edwa man 23 January 1832 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter.

The Muse of Edouard Manet by M. Clifford