Born to a wealthy family in 1832 in Paris, France, Édouard Manet began his artistic training in the atelier of Thomas Couture, who, though he identified as a Realist, was recognised as an innovative artist with his own unique style and technique. ... However, Manet didn't want to be an Impressionist. ... Looking at The Spanish Singer, and indeed at many of Manet's other paintings such as Young Flautist (1866) and Boy Carrying a Sword (1861), one could quite easily declare Manet a Realist, albeit not the most dedicated one. Some of Manet's works are more Impressionistic than o...

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One modern artist, Edouard Manet saw women as uncertain, unpredictable and deceitful. In 1863, Manet presented his most notorious artwork to the Salon in, called, http://www.abcgallery.com/M/manet/manet7.html which caused uproar. ...

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