Room 159

Édouard Manet

1832–1883, France (Paris), Realism and Impressionism

Manet painted modern Paris – railway stations, balls, horse races, cafés – with flat areas of colour and a black he had admired in Velázquez and Goya. His paintings caused scandals at the Salon, and he paved the way for the Impressionists, even though he never exhibited with them.

All works

• Oysters
• The Old Musician
• The Railway
• Masked Ball at the Opera
• At the Races
• Flowers in a Crystal Vase
• The Dead Toreador
• Still Life with Melon and Peaches
• George Moore in the Artist's Garden
• The Melon
• Plum Brandy
• Madame Michel-Lévy
• The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet)
• Tama, the Japanese Dog
• Portrait of a Lady
• Pears
• A King Charles Spaniel
• Man Wearing a Cloak [recto]
• Two Apples
• Dead Christ with Angels (Christ aux anges)
• The Races (Les courses)
• Child Holding a Tray (L'Enfant Portant un Plateau)
• Don Mariano Camprubi (Le Bailarin)
• Death of Maximilian at Queretaro (L'executionde Maximilien)
• The Philosopher (Le philosophe)
• Dead Toreador (Torero mort)
• At the Prado (Au Prado)
• Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"(L'espada)
• The Toilette (La toilette)
• The Little Girl (Le petite fille)
• The Smoker (Le fumeur)
• The Smoker (Le fumeur)
• The Tragic Actor (L'acteur tragique)
• Edgar Poe
• The Cats (Les chats)
• The Convalescent (La convalescente)
• The Man in the Tall Hat
• Polichinelle
• Polichinelle
• Polichinelle
• Cucumber with Leaves