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Born January 23, 1832 • Paris • France
Died April 30, 1883 (aged 51) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Impressionism • realism

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Oil on canvas self-portrait by Edouard Manet, showing the artist in a brown coat and black hat, holding paintbrushes and a palette against a dark background.
Édouard Manet: The Spanish Singer
Édouard Manet: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
Édouard Manet: Olympia
Painting by Edouard Manet showing a toreador lying lifeless on the ground, dressed in a black suit with white stockings and sash, holding a pink cape.
Édouard Manet: Young Lady in 1866
Painting by Edouard Manet showing a seated woman in a dark dress with a small dog and book, beside a young girl in a white dress with a blue bow, near an iron fence.
Édouard Manet: Boating
Édouard Manet: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
A Bar at the Folies Bergère by Édouard Manet
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