Edouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Edouard Manet was born on January 23 of 1832 in Paris, France. His father was Auguste Manet, who worked at the Ministry of Justice, and his mother was EugEnie-DEsirEe Fournier.
In 1839, he went to school at Canon Poiloup in Vaugirard and studied French and the classics. He went to College Rollin in 1844. In a year, his interest was only in drawing courses. His father didn’t allow Edouard to be a painter, instead he wanted him to be a lawyer but Edouard refused. Edouard also took an entrance examination for naval college, but he failed twice so his father gave in to his son’s desire to paint.
In 1850, Edouard joined the studio of a classical painter named Thomas Couture and after six long years, Edouard was able to set up his studio which he shared with a painter named Albert de Balleroy. He painted “The Boy with Cherries” in 1858 and “The Absinthe Drinker” in 1859. In 1865 one of his paintings, called Olympia, which was created two years ago, brought about a scandal. It was a painting with the use of oil on canvas. This created scandal because they judged it as a painting which displays immorality.
From 1870 to 1871, during the German-Franco War, Edouard Manet served as one of the National Guard’s staff deputy and attested Paris siege. And in February 1871, he went home to his family, but returned to Paris before the Commune. He saw his studio half-destroyed, but he had stored his canvases in a safe place. An art dealer named Paul Durand-Ruel bought nearly everything in Manet’s studio, paying 50,000 in francs. In year 1872, he went to the Netherlands where he was influenced by Frans Hals’ work. As a result, Edouard painted Le Bon Bock (“The Good Pint” 1873), which was a great success at the Salon’s exhibition in 1873.
In 1877, Edouard was inspired by the lady of demimonde when painting the art “Nana”. He also painted “The Plum” which was considered one of his key artworks. In “The plum”, a lonely woman rests her thin elbows on a marble top of a certain cafE table. Along with this, he also painted “The Blonde with Bare Breasts” in 1878 and “Chez le Pere Lathuille” which was yet another one of his major works (created on 1879 as well). From then on, Edouard did several numbers of pastels. He took George Moore under his wing in 1879. Moore was an Irish future painter and novelist who frequently joined Edgar Degas and Manet at CafE Nouvelle-Athenes.
In 1880, Eduardo had an exhibition at the periodical La Vie modern, but unfortunately, his legs were affected by a problem that seemed to be fatal. In April 6th of 1883, after painting lilacs and roses, Edouard took to his own bed. Gangrene had developed in his left leg. Not long after, he died and was buried in Passy's cemetery. 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.
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