2013, ISBN: 9783730942819

2013, 9 Seiten, Englisch French painter and print maker, Edouard Manet was important figure in the advancement from Realism to Impressionism. He was a significant painter who left his own… More...

2013, 9 Seiten, Englisch French painter and print maker, Edouard Manet was important figure in the advancement from Realism to Impressionism. He was a significant painter who left his own unique model on the world of painting. Manet intended to become a naval officer, and embarked for Rio de Janeiro aboard a trainee-ship. On his return to Le Havre he failed the entrance exam to the Ecole Navale, and in 1850 he started a career in art in Paris. He studied with the French academic painter Thomas Couture.After he opened his own studio, Manet began painting in a realist technique, which soon changed to an Impressionist style when he met the Berthe Morisot. She represented him to her circle of Impressionist painter friends, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas, and their plein air painting techniques. His painting is notable for its brilliant prima vista painterly technique; in both paintings and prints he introduced a new era of modern, urban subject-matter. In his relatively short career he evolved fro eBooks / Englische eBooks / Arts, BookRix GmbH & Co. KG<