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Celebrate Life with French Impressionists, Part II
Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
A paradox indeed marked the life of Edouard Manet, who is often referred to as the father of Impressionism. Born into a very well placed Parisian family, a dapper dresser and most elegant in his mannerisms, he appeared to be more suited to the aristocracy than to the avant-garde Impressionist movement. Well educated but less than stellar in the academic world, he found himself being drawn more and more to the arts. Childhood trips to the Louvre accompanied by his Uncle Charles Fournier, served to only heighten his interest in the arts. He greatly admired the work of past masters, however he chose subjects that perplexed and annoyed the conventional crowd of the era.
Manet began study under the tutelage of Thomas Couture in 1850 after serving in the merchant marines and remained studying in his in studio until 1856. As a student Manet made copies of past art. He loved the Spanish influence and especially admired the compositions of Velasquez. Combining copied pieces and observing figures around him resulted in being the hallmark of his characteristic style in the 1860's. Although enormously influenced by the masters he felt strongly that art should mirror and reflect on current life rather than on that of past eras'. He was known to have used live models living in the slums near his studio in an area called "Little Poland". His use of understated color, fractured narrative and flat forms produced an enigmatic mysterious quality. The combination of the romantic and realism coexisting with one another were precisely what antagonized and made uncomfortable the contemporaries of his day. Some even went so far as to accuse him of being incompetent or having an affectation. Still-life painting was another facet to his talent. His attraction to this venue can be explained by his love of the seventeenth-century Spanish and Dutch schools of composition. Antonin Proust, Manet's close friend and biographer related a statement from the artist that affirms his love of flowers: "I would like to paint all of them". He was an absolute master of them and looking back it seemed to be a form of creative relaxation for him opposed to the laborious paintings he composed for the art establishments in Paris Salons.  Clematis in einer Kristallvase, Edouard Manet -Courtesy of Wikipedia There is another aspect to Manet's work that is little-studied but highly noteworthy and that is his marine paintings. From 1864 to just previous to his death in 1883 he produced innovative works on sea-related subject matter. Tourism in the 19th century seems to be the catalyst that attracted artists to begin painting seascapes. This was inclusive of Manet and his contemporary artists. History painting was also among his assortment of subjects. The Battle of Kearsarge and Alabama (1864) was his first composition devoted to war. The subject involved a sea skirmish off the French coast during the American Civil War and may actually have been witnessed by Manet himself.  Battle of Kearsarge and Alabama, Edouard Manet -Courtesy of Wikipedia Baudelaire was an enormous influence on Manet's vision of portraying the present into a type of realism. In fact Baudelaire often referred to Manet as a "Romantic" while another poet, Theophile Gautier, considered him a "Realist". His most eloquent supporter was the influential writer Emile Zola, the most important pioneer in the school of "naturalism" writing. Manet's art became an inspiration for many of the renowned writers of the day and successive generations to follow. Edourd Manet finished A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, his last major composition, in 1882.  A Bar at the Folies-Bardere, Edouard Manet -Courtesy of Wikipedia Sadly, Edourd Manet died in considerable pain. His left foot was amputated due to gangrene, an operation followed eleven days later by his death. He died at the age of fifty-one in Paris in 1883, and was put to rest in the city at the Cimetiere de Passy. Manet's genius continues to awe and please as we celebrate the countless French Impressionist masterpieces our generation and generations to come have inherited. |
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