Artist
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet stands at the threshold of modern art. More than any other single painter, he shattered the conventions of academic tradition and opened the path for Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and the visual language of the twentieth century. Though he never formally joined the Impressionist group, his influence upon Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, and countless others…
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