Art Masters: Edouard Manet

This lavishly illustrated full-colour hardback is a guide to Manet''s life and work, showcasing his best paintings alongside fascinating biographic detail. It also explores his technique, the materials he used, and his contribution to the embracing of ordinary people and situations as appropriate subjects for art.

This lavishly illustrated full-colour hardback explores the life and work of French modernist painter Eduard Manet, alongside a selection of his best work.

Manet was one of the first artists in the 19th century to paint modern life and everyday subjects, including the then scandalous Le dejeuner sur l''herbe. Recognized for his paintings of bars and other everyday meeting places, Manet marked the transition from realism to the looser, freer style that signaled the beginnings of modern art.

Art historian Ann Sumner explores the contribution he made to the art world, particularly his embracing of ordinary people as appropriate artistic subjects. She also analyses his technique, the materials he used, and showcases his most iconic paintings - including Olympia, A Bar at the Folies-Bergere and Corner of a Café-Concert - alongside fascinating biographical detail.

Featuring timelines and information boxes, this addition to the Art Masters series provides a wonderful introduction to this influential modernist painter.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Art Masters series brings together beautiful hardback monographs of some of the most significant artists in history, looking at their lives, techniques and inspirations, as well as presenting a lavish selection of their best work.

• | Author: Ann Sumner
• | Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781398850293
• | ISBN-10: 1398850292