[Post 61] The Impressionist, Edouard Manet.

      Edouard Manet was born in 1832 from upper middle-class parents in Paris, France. When he first showed his interest in painting, his father denied supporting him; however, he was able to study art by the aid of his uncle, Charles Fournier. At the end, Manet became one of the well-known 19^th-century artists, connecting the gap between realism and impressionism. Realism is the artistic movement that pursued accuracy and facts, on the other hand, impressionists were freer to do their works in terms of using colors or brush strokes, and they were trying to break the regular rules. Manet showed works that broken from the canons of acceptable subject matter and stylistic treatment. However, at the same time, he was trying to draw a subject and treatment that he hoped would be acceptable to prevailing tastes. In many respects, Manet kept hanging on to his position in terms of exhibitions, or the drawing. He insisted that modern artists’ works should be exhibit at the Paris Salon, so he opposed to show his paintings at impressionist exhibitions. And even though, he was influenced by some of renowned impressionists, such as Claude Monet, or Berthe Morisot, he stuck to his own drawing style like using black, uncharacteristic of impressionist painting. In 1883 at the age of fifty one, Manet died with his achievements as an impressionist in 19^th- century.