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Edouard Manet
(23rd Jan, 1832 - 30th Apr, 1883)
Olympia
1863
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
bouquet (flowers)
cat (animal)
bed (furniture)
odalisque
nude (female)
servante
impressionism
laying down
black woman
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About the artwork
Title:
Olympia
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
1305 x 1900
Inventory number:
RF644
Detail:
oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet
Location:
musée d'Orsay
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
Olympia
is a painting by Édouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, which shows a nude woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being brought flowers by a black servant. Olympia was modelled by Victorine Meurent. Olympia's confrontational gaze caused shock and astonishment when the painting was first exhibited because a number of details in the picture identified her as a prostitute. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Claude Monet…
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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
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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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