Monday Morning Museum: Édouard Manet

Édouard Manet – Monday 23 January 1832 Paris, France to Monday 30 April 1883 Paris, France

French Realist / Impressionist Painter


Here is Manet’s view of an often portrayed Italian site – The Grand Canal, Venice, 1869 – a more focused and singular depiction than is usually rendered by artists.




Last Monday’s Artist – Anthony van Dyck
Next Monday’s Artist – Charles Rettew Sheeler, Jr.

Images:
Left: The Pier at Boulogne, 1869 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Center: Boating, 1874 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: The Seine at Argenteuil, 1874 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent