Edouard Manet

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This paper begins by providing a brief biography of Manet. It looks at the style of his first artwork and then discusses two of his famous paintings. The first is "Luncheon on the Grass" painted in 1863 and the second is "Olympia" painted in the same year. The paper then looks at how his art changed towards the end of his life.

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"The great painter Edouard Manet, born on January 23, 1832 in Paris has always been recognized with the "Impressionists". He mostly preferred to exhibit his work in the exhibitions that were more moderate and sponsored by the French government. Though, he learned traditional style painting, but his experience with Claude Monet and the other "Impressionists," made his work more natural and spontaneous by using meaningful outlines, severe lighting contrasts, with daring colors and rich texture to depict the world around him (Gray, 1983).
Although, he was well educated, yet did not excel within the academic atmosphere and instead showed interest towards drawing and the arts. After serving in the merchant marines in 1850, Manet joined the studio of Thomas Couture and studied until 1856. There the old masters, especially Velazquez and Goya, influenced him. However, he opined that art of one should always reveal and indicate ideas and ideals of the present instead of the past (Gray, 1983).'

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