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Delphi Masters of Art #29
Complete Works of Édouard Manet
The French painter Édouard Manet, often associated with the Impressionists, broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of representation and by choosing contemporary subjects of Parisian life. His ‘Déjeuner sur l’herbe’ and ‘Olympia’ sparked public outcries, while inspiring a new generation of artists to embark on a new focus on modern, urban subjects, winning for Manet a pivotal place in the history of modern art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Manet’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* The complete paintings of Édouard Manet — over 300 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Manet’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Includes Manet's pastels - explore the artist’s varied works
* Features two bonus biographical pieces on the artist - discover Manet's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
THE ABSINTHE DRINKER
MUSIC IN THE TUILERIES GARDEN
LE DÉJEUNER SUR L’HERBE
OLYMPIA
THE FIFER
THE EXECUTION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO
PORTRAIT OF ÉMILE ZOLA
THE BALCONY
THE READING
BERTHE MORISOT
THE RAILWAY
ARGENTEUIL
BOATING
NANA
THE WAITRESS
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH PALETTE
AT PÈRE LATHUILLE’S
PORTRAT OF HENRI ROCHEFORT
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE
The Paintings and Pastels
MANET’S PAINTINGS AND PASTELS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTWORKS
The Biographical Pieces
ÉDOUARD MANET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE by Camille Mauclair
ÉDOUARD MANET by Willard Huntington Wright
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set
* The complete paintings of Édouard Manet — over 300 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Manet’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Includes Manet's pastels - explore the artist’s varied works
* Features two bonus biographical pieces on the artist - discover Manet's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
THE ABSINTHE DRINKER
MUSIC IN THE TUILERIES GARDEN
LE DÉJEUNER SUR L’HERBE
OLYMPIA
THE FIFER
THE EXECUTION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO
PORTRAIT OF ÉMILE ZOLA
THE BALCONY
THE READING
BERTHE MORISOT
THE RAILWAY
ARGENTEUIL
BOATING
NANA
THE WAITRESS
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH PALETTE
AT PÈRE LATHUILLE’S
PORTRAT OF HENRI ROCHEFORT
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE
The Paintings and Pastels
MANET’S PAINTINGS AND PASTELS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTWORKS
The Biographical Pieces
ÉDOUARD MANET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE by Camille Mauclair
ÉDOUARD MANET by Willard Huntington Wright
Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set
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777 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 27, 2016
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Edouard Manet
103 books8 followersÉdouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
His early masterworks The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia engendered great controversy, and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism—today these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.
His early masterworks The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia engendered great controversy, and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism—today these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.
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July 30, 2025
Manet's works feels like a bridge between classical tradition and modern vision.
March 10, 2020
One of my favorites of Eduoard Manet's paintings is on the cover of this Delphi edition. I have been learning a lot with all the Master of Art Series, and I have seen this work of art before but knew nothing about this artist. I added some back history of Manet which is listed below from this edition. Like all artists so far there are some spectacular works and others not as wonderful, I included my favorites below.
When I first saw Manet's Olympia, I was not sure about it but it has grown on me and it is a favorite of mine, learning about it was interesting too and its similarity to Titan's Venus, which I also love. I am really not into nudes but there is always something so grand that is the exception. I also have noticed through this series, I love paintings of the sea and bodies of water.
"Manet’s portrait of his parents, 1860. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the daughter of a diplomat and goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince Charles Bernadotte, from whom the Swedish monarchs are descended. His father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge, who expected Édouard to pursue a career in law."
"Édouard Manet was born in Paris on 23 January 1832 to an affluent and well-connected family, who had high hopes he would pursue a career in law. However, his uncle, Edmond Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and took him as a boy to the Louvre, where he was delighted by the many works of the Old Masters. By 1845, following the advice of his uncle, Manet enrolled in a special course of drawing, where he met Antonin Proust, future Minister of Fine Arts, who would become an important lifelong friend."
"Adopting the current style of realism initiated by Gustave Courbet, he opted to paint contemporary subjects such as beggars, singers, Gypsies, people in cafés and bullfights, rather then the more traditional Biblical and historical subjects preferred by the Salon; he faced a daunting challenge, as an artist’s success was almost totally dependant on being accepted by the Salon’s stringent board."
"Manet showed it to his former master. Asked for his opinion, Couture is said to have retorted: “An absinthe drinker! And they paint abominations like that! My poor friend, you are the absinthe drinker. It is you who have lost your moral sense.” The Absinthe Drinker was the first work that Manet submitted to the Paris Salon and it was hastily rejected, with only Eugène Delacroix voting in its favour. At that time absinthe was thought to be addictive and considered morally degenerate, and so a depiction of the drink in art was heavily frowned upon. Refusal of other works by young painters like Manet would eventually lead to the creation of the Salon des Refusés in 1863."
"Olympia caused even greater controversy than Manet’s previous canvas Le déjeuner sur l’herbe. Conservatives condemned the work as “immoral” and “vulgar.” Journalist Antonin Proust later recalled, “If the canvas of the Olympia was not destroyed, it is only because of the precautions that were taken by the administration.”
"Even Émile Zola was reduced to disingenuously commenting on the work’s formal qualities rather than acknowledging the subject matter. He paid tribute to Manet’s honesty, however, “When our artists give us Venuses, they correct nature, they lie. Édouard Manet asked himself why lie, why not tell the truth; he introduced us to Olympia, this fille of our time, whom you meet on the sidewalks.”
"Also completed in 1868, The Balcony was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1869. The painting depicts four figures, including, on the left, Berthe Morisot, who became in 1874 the wife of Manet’s brother, Eugène. In the centre is the painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, while on the right is Fanny Claus, a violinist."
"The picture was also part of the great posthumous exhibition of Manet’s work in 1884, a year after his death. It depicts the artist’s wife, Suzanne Manet (born Suzanne Leenhoff), seated, and their son, Leon, standing and reading a book. The artist first met Suzanne, who was an excellent pianist, when she was initially hired in 1851 by his father Auguste, as piano teacher for Manet and his brothers. In their early twenties, Suzanne and Édouard developed a personal relationship and were romantically attached for approximately ten years. After Édouard left his parents’ home he and Suzanne lived together, although they kept their relationship secret from Édouard’s father. In 1852, Leenhoff gave birth, out of wedlock, to Leon. Suzanne and Édouard were finally married in October 1863, a year after the death of Édouard’s father. Eleven-year-old Leon, whose father may have been either the artist or his brother, posed often for Manet."
"The painting was completed during a particularly difficult time for the artist. In his mid-forties, Manet’s health deteriorated and he developed severe pain and partial paralysis in his legs. Ignoring it at first, the condition soon worsened, causing him to limp badly when he walked. By 1879 he was receiving hydrotherapy treatments intended to improve what he believed was a circulatory problem, but in reality he was suffering from locomotor ataxia, a known side-effect of syphilis. From that time on, Manet knew he would not live many more years."
"After completing A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Manet limited himself to small formats and his last paintings were of flowers in glass vases. By this stage his worsening condition was severely limiting his work output. In April 1883, he had his left foot amputated due to gangrene, but this failed to put off the inevitable. Manet died eleven days later in Paris and was buried in the Passy Cemetery in the city."
My favorites below-
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE
The Railway
Battle of the U.S.S. ‘Kearsarge’ and the C.S.S. ‘Alabama’
A King Charles Spaniel
Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne
Tama the Japanese Dog
In the Conservatory
When I first saw Manet's Olympia, I was not sure about it but it has grown on me and it is a favorite of mine, learning about it was interesting too and its similarity to Titan's Venus, which I also love. I am really not into nudes but there is always something so grand that is the exception. I also have noticed through this series, I love paintings of the sea and bodies of water.
"Manet’s portrait of his parents, 1860. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the daughter of a diplomat and goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince Charles Bernadotte, from whom the Swedish monarchs are descended. His father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge, who expected Édouard to pursue a career in law."
"Édouard Manet was born in Paris on 23 January 1832 to an affluent and well-connected family, who had high hopes he would pursue a career in law. However, his uncle, Edmond Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and took him as a boy to the Louvre, where he was delighted by the many works of the Old Masters. By 1845, following the advice of his uncle, Manet enrolled in a special course of drawing, where he met Antonin Proust, future Minister of Fine Arts, who would become an important lifelong friend."
"Adopting the current style of realism initiated by Gustave Courbet, he opted to paint contemporary subjects such as beggars, singers, Gypsies, people in cafés and bullfights, rather then the more traditional Biblical and historical subjects preferred by the Salon; he faced a daunting challenge, as an artist’s success was almost totally dependant on being accepted by the Salon’s stringent board."
"Manet showed it to his former master. Asked for his opinion, Couture is said to have retorted: “An absinthe drinker! And they paint abominations like that! My poor friend, you are the absinthe drinker. It is you who have lost your moral sense.” The Absinthe Drinker was the first work that Manet submitted to the Paris Salon and it was hastily rejected, with only Eugène Delacroix voting in its favour. At that time absinthe was thought to be addictive and considered morally degenerate, and so a depiction of the drink in art was heavily frowned upon. Refusal of other works by young painters like Manet would eventually lead to the creation of the Salon des Refusés in 1863."
"Olympia caused even greater controversy than Manet’s previous canvas Le déjeuner sur l’herbe. Conservatives condemned the work as “immoral” and “vulgar.” Journalist Antonin Proust later recalled, “If the canvas of the Olympia was not destroyed, it is only because of the precautions that were taken by the administration.”
"Even Émile Zola was reduced to disingenuously commenting on the work’s formal qualities rather than acknowledging the subject matter. He paid tribute to Manet’s honesty, however, “When our artists give us Venuses, they correct nature, they lie. Édouard Manet asked himself why lie, why not tell the truth; he introduced us to Olympia, this fille of our time, whom you meet on the sidewalks.”
"Also completed in 1868, The Balcony was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1869. The painting depicts four figures, including, on the left, Berthe Morisot, who became in 1874 the wife of Manet’s brother, Eugène. In the centre is the painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, while on the right is Fanny Claus, a violinist."
"The picture was also part of the great posthumous exhibition of Manet’s work in 1884, a year after his death. It depicts the artist’s wife, Suzanne Manet (born Suzanne Leenhoff), seated, and their son, Leon, standing and reading a book. The artist first met Suzanne, who was an excellent pianist, when she was initially hired in 1851 by his father Auguste, as piano teacher for Manet and his brothers. In their early twenties, Suzanne and Édouard developed a personal relationship and were romantically attached for approximately ten years. After Édouard left his parents’ home he and Suzanne lived together, although they kept their relationship secret from Édouard’s father. In 1852, Leenhoff gave birth, out of wedlock, to Leon. Suzanne and Édouard were finally married in October 1863, a year after the death of Édouard’s father. Eleven-year-old Leon, whose father may have been either the artist or his brother, posed often for Manet."
"The painting was completed during a particularly difficult time for the artist. In his mid-forties, Manet’s health deteriorated and he developed severe pain and partial paralysis in his legs. Ignoring it at first, the condition soon worsened, causing him to limp badly when he walked. By 1879 he was receiving hydrotherapy treatments intended to improve what he believed was a circulatory problem, but in reality he was suffering from locomotor ataxia, a known side-effect of syphilis. From that time on, Manet knew he would not live many more years."
"After completing A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Manet limited himself to small formats and his last paintings were of flowers in glass vases. By this stage his worsening condition was severely limiting his work output. In April 1883, he had his left foot amputated due to gangrene, but this failed to put off the inevitable. Manet died eleven days later in Paris and was buried in the Passy Cemetery in the city."
My favorites below-
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE
The Railway
Battle of the U.S.S. ‘Kearsarge’ and the C.S.S. ‘Alabama’
A King Charles Spaniel
Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne
Tama the Japanese Dog
In the Conservatory
June 12, 2019
Amazing Manet!
Another great book! This time on the amazing but
too short lived artist Manet! A great bio of the man himself with added photos of his amazing works, such a shame he died young, what other works would he given us? I wonder
Another great book! This time on the amazing but
too short lived artist Manet! A great bio of the man himself with added photos of his amazing works, such a shame he died young, what other works would he given us? I wonder
June 25, 2021
Manet...He's another artist that presents a dilemma for me. I don't like much of his work. But occasionally he sets me on my head. As with the other art books in the Delphi Series, this book shows all known works of the artist. And I can see why some of these paintings by Manet remain unknown!
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April 23, 2023not going to rate this but i love him
February 7, 2024
As usual, this Delphi kindle book has hundreds of works along with the ability to zoom into the paintings for closer inspection. Great stuff
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