YEAR 11 ATAR VISUAL ART
Édouard Manet
The artist
Below you will find a range of biographical sources of information about Manet.
ART GALLERY WEBSITES
Édouard Manet. (n.d.). https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/edouard-manet
Manet Dossier: Chronology. (n.d.). https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/dossier-manet/chronology.html
Rabinow, Rebecca. “Édouard Manet (1832–1883).” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mane/hd_mane.htm (October 2004)
Remer, A.E. (2021). Édouard Manet Artist Overview and Analysis. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/manet-edouard/
STUDY.COM (LESSON)
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Roberts, I. (n.d.). Edouard Manet: Biography, Paintings & Facts. Study.com
Learn about the innovative style of French painter, Edouard Manet, and his impact on early modern art. Explore his life story, artistic influences, and key works.
Artworks
GENERAL
Google Arts and Culture. (n.d.). Édouard Manet. https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/%C3%A9douard-manet/m02mbk?categoryId=artist&hl=en
Discover a range of “zoomable” artworks by Manet
Pollitt, B. (2015). Édouard Manet, Music in the Tuileries Gardens. https://smarthistory.org/manet-music-in-the-tuileries-gardens/
The writer Emile Zola described Manet as “an analytic painter” and rarely are his powers of analysis displayed more dazzlingly than in Music in the Tuileries Gardens.
This page will lead you to discover more resources about other artworks including: Olympia, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), The Railway, Émile Zola, The Balcony, Plum Brandy, In the Conservatory, Corner of a Café-Concert, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère & A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
To the left of the central figure in Edouard Manet’s The Luncheon (1868) there is a black cat, bent over its genitals–assiduously wheedling and scouring with its sandpaper tongue. Easily overlooked, it is a quiet…
Remer, A.E. (2021). Édouard Manet Artworks. https://m.theartstory.org/artist/manet-edouard/artworks/
This page provides an progression outline of his most important works.
Schwabsky, B. (2011). An Unfinished Tradition. Nation, 292(25), 32–35.
The article discusses nineteenth-century painter Édouard Manet. Topics noted include novelist Émile Zola’s prediction of Manet’s eventual commercial success, the view of some of Manet’s contemporary critics that his works lacked a finished quality to them, the opinion of later critics that Manet’s art was indeed cohesive and complete, the lack of a sense of tranquility in many of Manet’s pieces, the influence exerted upon Manet by his mentor Thomas Couture, and an exhibit of Manet’s work at the Musée d’Orsay museum in Paris, France that runs through July 3, 2011.
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGERE
Art Deco, English versions. (2020, May 16). A Bar at the Folies Bergère by Manet [Video]. https://youtu.be/kMQ-MVy3UPU
The Art Assignment. (2018, August 10). Better Know Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère [Video]. https://youtu.be/3XPnf9GvLRQ
The Courtauld. (n.d.). A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Édouard Manet. https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collection/impressionism-post-impressionism/edouard-manet-a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere
*Include a virtual tour of this work in the gallery.
Zucker, S., & Harris, B. (2017). Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/realism/v/manet-a-bar-at-the-folies-bergre
OLYMPIA
Encyclopedia of Art. (n.d.). Olympia (1863) by Edouard Manet. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/paintings-analysis/olympia-manet.htm
Folland, T. (2015). Édouard Manet, Olympia. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/realism/a/manet-olympia
Harris, B., & Zucker, S. (n.d.). Manet, Olympia [Video]. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/realism/v/manet-olympia-1863-exhibited-1865
Roberts, I. (2015). Reception of Manet’s Olympia & Dejeuner sur l’Herbe. Study.com
Vox. (2019, August 29). The naked lady that changed the rules of art [Video]. https://youtu.be/YHKFK6_pepo
MORE WORKS (ART GALLERY WEBSITES)
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The National Gallery
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Tate
Context & Style
Gersh-Nesic, B. (n.d.). A beginner’s guide to Impressionism. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/impressionism/a/a-beginners-guide-to-impressionism
Apart from the Salon. The group of artists who became known as the Impressionists did something ground-breaking in addition to painting their sketchy, light-filled canvases: they established their own exhibition.
Muscato, C. (n.d.). The Shifting Styles of Edouard Manet’s Art. Study.com
In this lesson, you will explore the artistic styles of Edouard Manet and the popular artistic styles of the late 19th century. You will need to set up a free account to access these resource.
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Wider Reading & Viewing
THE MAN WHO INVENTED MODERN ART (VIDEO)
Presented by Waldemar Januszczak, this is a thorough examination of the life and work of the French artist Edouard Manet (1832-83), whose work often scandalised the establishment of the day.
Januszczak, W. (Director). (2009). Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art [Video]. ClickView.
PORTRAYING LIFE (VIDEO)
Captured on film, host Tim Marlow along with expert guests examine the works of the exhibition: Manet: Portraying Life, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. It is an exhibition devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet, spanning his entire career.
Grabsky, P., & Harding, B. (Directors). (2013). Manet: Portraying life [Video]. ClickView.
eBOOKS

O’Neill, J. P. (1983). Manet: 1832-1883. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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MORE GALLERY WEBSITES
National Gallery of Art. (n.d.) Manet and His Influence. https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/manet-and-his-influence.html
When Edouard Manet began to study painting in 1850, Paris’ familiar, broad, tree-lined streets did not yet exist, and the life of the city was not a subject artists explored. Young artists could expect to succeed only through the official Academy exhibitions known as Salons, whose conservative juries favored biblical and mythological themes and a polished technique.
References
Header Image [Online Image]. (n.d.). https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere-1882-1
Self-Portrait with Palette [Painting]. (n.d.). https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet

