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Edouard Manet
(23rd Jan, 1832 - 30th Apr, 1883)
The Balcony
1868
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
Berthe Morisot
flowerpot holder
persienne
impressionism
dog
sunshade
group
fan (clothing accessory)
balcony
woman
flower
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About the artwork
Title:
The Balcony
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
1700 x 1245
Inventory number:
RF2772
Detail:
painting by Édouard Manet
Location:
musée d'Orsay
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
The Balcony
(
French:
Le balcon
) is an 1868 oil painting by the French painter Édouard Manet and was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1869. The painting depicts four figures. On the left is Berthe Morisot, who became in 1874 the wife of Manet's brother, Eugène. In the centre is the painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. On the right is Fanny Claus, a violinist. The fourth figure, partially obscured in the interior's background, is possibly Leon Leenhoff, Manet's son. The painting was sold by…
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About the author(s)
Author:
Edouard Manet
Also known as:
Éduard Manet
אדוארד מאנה
Eduard Manė
Born:
23rd Jan, 1832
Dead:
30th Apr, 1883
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Édouard Manet
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; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the future originally envisioned for him, and became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks,
The Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur
…
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