Four Paintings
I
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
I Life
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Career
The son of a judge, the father of modern art, Manet painted half-a-dozen pictures of iconic status.
The Loving Husband
Known as a "ladies' man" Manet was probably faithful in an age of serial infidelity.
Baudelaire and the painters of modern life
The greatest poet of the age befriended the greatest painter, 'the painter of modern life'.
Manet & the cafés of Paris
Parisian café culture may not have started with Manet, but he certainly promoted it.
The Salon
"... a licked quality... the admired finish of waxworks"
Manet & Monet
Manet was not an impressionist. Monet was. Each friend was indebted to the other.
Mallarmé on Manet
"He paints the truth"
