From 1850 to 1856, Manet studied under the academic painter Thomas Couture. After he twice failed the examination to join the Navy, his father relented to his wishes to pursue an art education. Īt his father's suggestion, in 1848 he sailed on a training vessel to Rio de Janeiro. In 1845, at the advice of his uncle, Manet enrolled in a special course of drawing where he met Antonin Proust, future Minister of Fine Arts and subsequent lifelong friend. He showed little academic talent and was generally unhappy at the school. In 1844, he enrolled at secondary school, the Collège Rollin, where he boarded until 1848. His uncle, Edmond Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and took young Manet to the Louvre. His father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge who expected Édouard to pursue a career in law. 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 descended. Édouard Manet was born in Paris on 23 January 1832, in the ancestral hôtel particulier (mansion) on the Rue des Petits Augustins (now Rue Bonaparte) to an affluent and well-connected family. 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.Įarly life Manet's portrait painted by Henri Fantin-Latour Today too, these works, along with others, are considered watershed paintings that mark the start of modern art. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass ( Le déjeuner sur l'herbe) or Olympia, "premiering" in 1863 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. 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.īorn 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. Édouard Manet ( UK: / ˈ m æ n eɪ/, US: / m æ ˈ n eɪ, m ə ˈ-/ French: 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter.
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