Manet also painted some marvelous portraits in those years, which included flower motifs. Jeanne, (also called Spring ) is the picture of that season, her dress sprinkled with flowers, a few on ...

CHICAGO — Édouard Manet was succumbing to the ordeal of late-stage syphilis when he painted some of the freshest, most affecting flower paintings in the history of art. Against dark backgrounds ...

ONE CAN IMAGINE the outrage provoked by “Olympia,” by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), when the painting appeared at the Paris Salon, in 1865. Even today, his frankly sexual nude is audacious.

Each Manet bouquet “is the trace of the departed visitor,” the painter and critic Andrew Forge writes in The Last Flowers of Manet (1986), a compact volume that collects these still lifes.

They were Manet’s favorite flower; he had painted them in beautiful works in 1864-1865. Bazille had by now befriended his hero, so his decision to highlight the peonies was a kind of homage.

Manet’s work similarly depicts a nude woman reclining on a bed—but this figure is modern, ... carrying a bouquet of flowers. Manet featured Laure in two other works.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is set to open its doors to the public beginning on Friday for the annual Art in Bloom event, showcasing floral interpretations of 45 artworks.Fresh flowers have ...

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Manet’s ambition was to have his work shown and lauded at the annual Salon of the august École des Beaux-Arts, while Degas was instrumental in founding an alternative yearly showcase, the anti ...

“Manet/Degas,” an exhibition opening March 28 at the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, aims to trace the evolution of French painting through the lens of these friends and rivals.